Barnesville ranks #17 in Minnesota for safety
Barnesville is ranked on 33 lists against the 275 Minnesota towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 7.
More kids than 97% of Minnesota
Not better or worse, just Barnesville’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Barnesville does best on
Each list ranks every MN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Barnesville marked.
Barnesville lands in the top half on 16 of 20 lists
Each dot is Barnesville’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MN, the right end is last. Areas where Barnesville does best come first.
4 spots from the top 25 for public schools
Lists where Barnesville sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Barnesville lands in every MN ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Deephaven · 100 / 100
#69
Lowest obesity#1 Edina · 23%
#48
Fewest smokers#1 Deephaven · 7%
#86
Most active#1 Deephaven · 14%
#56
Fewest uninsured#1 Deephaven · 4%
#35
Lowest depression#1 Crosslake · 20%
#118
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waconia · 0.1 mi
#227 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Eveleth · 1.1 yrs
#80
W
Cheapest rent#1 White · $509/mo
#40
Lowest property tax#1 Eveleth · $690/yr
#74
N
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Mankato · 30.1%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Orrock · 63.1%
Most trails#1 Two Harbors · 4.8 mi / sq mi
#79
Most walkable#1 Robbinsdale · 140 / sq mi
#36 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Crosslake · 57.2%
#86
Most new homes#1 Corcoran · 38.2 per 1,000
#87
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crosslake · +76.3%
#75
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Brooklyn Center · 136.2 per home
People
Most educated#1 Deephaven · 83.5%
#164
C
Youngest#1 Collegeville · 21.7
#15
Oldest#1 Crosslake · 61.0
#261
Most residents 65+#1 Crosslake · 40.1%
#228
Most kids#1 Lonsdale · 36%
#8 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 International Falls · 8.6 min
#194 
The number on the right is Barnesville’s spot. All of Minnesota’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every MN list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.