Grand Rapids
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Outdoors in Grand Rapids
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About Grand Rapids
City in Minnesota, United StatesGrand Rapids is a city in, and the county seat of, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11,126 at the 2020 census. The city is named for the 3.5-mile (5.6 km) long rapids on the Mississippi River that was the uppermost limit of practical steamboat travel in the late 19th century. Today the rapids are hidden below the dam of UPM Paper Company.
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How Grand Rapids ranks
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Housing in Grand Rapids
The typical Grand Rapids home is worth about $283,000, up 2.5% in a year, 19% below the Minnesota typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Grand Rapids
Safety Grade B+
Grand Rapids reports less crime per resident than 67% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Work & commute in Grand Rapids
Full picture →50% of Grand Rapids’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Duluth (5%), Cohasset (4%) and Hibbing (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.
Health in Grand Rapids
Health Grade B−
Healthier than 53% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 79% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Minnesota
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 19 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Grand Rapids
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 27% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Grand Rapids
Full climate →Grand Rapids has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to -2°, and about 60 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Grand Rapids
All Grand Rapids schools →School Grade B+
The public schools Grand Rapids’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 67% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MN. Ratings are from neighbors.
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