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About Fridley
City in Anoka County, Minnesota, USAFridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 29,590 at the 2020 census. It was first settled as a place named Manomin where Rice Creek flows into the Mississippi river and the Red River Oxcart trail crosses the creek. Fridley was incorporated in 1949 as a village and became a city in 1957. It is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area as a northern "first-ring" or "inner-ring" suburb. Most of the growth in Fridley occurred between 1950 and 1970. Fridley borders Minneapolis to the southwest. Neighboring first-ring suburbs are Columbia Heights to the south and Brooklyn Center to the west, across the Mississippi River.
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Housing in Fridley
The typical Fridley home is worth about $322,000, up 1.3% in a year, 8% below the Minnesota typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Fridley
Safety Grade C-
Fridley reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 85% report less.
Health in Fridley
Health Grade B
Healthier than 61% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
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of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 23 are too close to call.
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Schools in Fridley
All Fridley schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Fridley’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 64% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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