Champlin ranks #6 in Minnesota for trails
Champlin is ranked on 36 lists against the 275 Minnesota towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 7.
More homes per newcomer than 96% of Minnesota
Not better or worse, just Champlin’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Champlin does best on
Each list ranks every MN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Champlin marked.
Champlin lands in the top half on 13 of 22 lists
Each dot is Champlin’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MN, the right end is last. Areas where Champlin does best come first.
2 spots from the top 10 for conserved land
Lists where Champlin sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Champlin out-ranks 3 of its 4 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every MN list, and where Champlin lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Orrock · 63.1%
#12
Most trails#1 Two Harbors · 4.8 mi / sq mi
#6
Most walkable#1 Robbinsdale · 140 / sq mi
#31 Health
Healthiest#1 Deephaven · 100 / 100
#48
Lowest obesity#1 Edina · 23%
#25
Fewest smokers#1 Deephaven · 7%
#54
Most active#1 Deephaven · 14%
#44
Fewest uninsured#1 Deephaven · 4%
#89
Lowest depression#1 Crosslake · 20%
#244
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waconia · 0.1 mi
#71 
People
Most educated#1 Deephaven · 83.5%
#110
C
Youngest#1 Collegeville · 21.7
#182
Oldest#1 Crosslake · 61.0
#94
Most residents 65+#1 Crosslake · 40.1%
#192
Most kids#1 Lonsdale · 36%
#114 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 International Falls · 8.6 min
#170 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Eveleth · 1.1 yrs
#169
W
Cheapest rent#1 White · $509/mo
#213
Lowest property tax#1 Eveleth · $690/yr
#182
N
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Mankato · 30.1%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Crosslake · 57.2%
#143
Most new homes#1 Corcoran · 38.2 per 1,000
#186
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crosslake · +76.3%
#181
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Brooklyn Center · 136.2 per home
#141 
The number on the right is Champlin’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.