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About Austin
City in Minnesota, United StatesAustin is a city in and the county seat of Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 26,174 at the 2020 census. The town was originally settled along the Cedar River and has two artificial lakes, East Side Lake and Mill Pond. It was named for Austin R. Nichols, the area's first European settler. It is part of the Rochester–Austin combined statistical area. Hormel Foods Corporation is Austin's largest employer, and the city is sometimes called "SPAM Town USA". Austin is home to Hormel's corporate headquarters, a factory that makes most of North America's SPAM tinned meat, and the Spam Museum. Austin is also home to the Hormel Institute, a leading cancer research institution …
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Housing in Austin
The typical Austin home is worth about $191,000, up 3.5% in a year, 46% below the Minnesota typical home.
Health in Austin
Health Grade C+
Healthier than 39% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Minnesota
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 16 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Austin
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Austin
Full climate →Austin has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 6°, and about 43 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
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