Circle Pines ranks #6 in Minnesota for conserved land
Circle Pines is ranked on 34 lists against the 275 Minnesota towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
Longer growing season than 99% of Minnesota
Not better or worse, just Circle Pines’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Circle Pines does best on
Each list ranks every MN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Circle Pines marked.
Circle Pines out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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.
Circle Pines lands in the top half on 16 of 21 lists
Each dot is Circle Pines’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MN, the right end is last. Areas where Circle Pines does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for conserved land
Lists where Circle Pines sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Circle Pines 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Orrock · 63.1%
#6
Most trails#1 Two Harbors · 4.8 mi / sq mi
#33
Most walkable#1 Robbinsdale · 140 / sq mi
#75 Health
Healthiest#1 Deephaven · 100 / 100
#96
Lowest obesity#1 Edina · 23%
#105
Fewest smokers#1 Deephaven · 7%
#54
Most active#1 Deephaven · 14%
#99
Fewest uninsured#1 Deephaven · 4%
#35
Lowest depression#1 Crosslake · 20%
#118
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waconia · 0.1 mi
#126 People
Most educated#1 Deephaven · 83.5%
#75
C
Youngest#1 Collegeville · 21.7
#98
Oldest#1 Crosslake · 61.0
#175
Most residents 65+#1 Crosslake · 40.1%
#138
Most kids#1 Lonsdale · 36%
#167 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 International Falls · 8.6 min
#114 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Eveleth · 1.1 yrs
#111
W
Cheapest rent#1 White · $509/mo
#192
Lowest property tax#1 Eveleth · $690/yr
#152
N
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Mankato · 30.1%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Crosslake · 57.2%
#227
Most new homes#1 Corcoran · 38.2 per 1,000
#233
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crosslake · +76.3%
#173
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Brooklyn Center · 136.2 per home
Climate
Snowiest#1 Hermantown · 90 in
#207
L
Least snow#1 Lake City · 34 in
#37
Mildest winters#1 La Crescent · 8.7°
#103
Hottest summers#1 Marshall · 83.6°
#86
Coolest summers#1 Two Harbors · 75.4°
#187
Longest growing season#1 Winona · 180 days
#3
Wettest#1 Caledonia · 37 in
#101 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Ely · 12.7 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Stillwater · 22.8 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Ely · 65.1 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Montevideo · 0.0
The number on the right is Circle Pines’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.