La Crescent makes Minnesota’s top 10 on 2 lists
La Crescent is ranked on 36 lists against the 275 Minnesota towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 11.
Milder winters than 100% of Minnesota
Not better or worse, just La Crescent’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists La Crescent does best on
Each list ranks every MN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with La Crescent marked.
2 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where La Crescent sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
La Crescent lands in the top half on 17 of 22 lists
Each dot is La Crescent’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MN, the right end is last. Areas where La Crescent does best come first.
Where La Crescent 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%
#15
Most trails#1 Two Harbors · 4.8 mi / sq mi
#5
Most walkable#1 Robbinsdale · 140 / sq mi
#88 
Health
Healthiest#1 Deephaven · 100 / 100
#94
Lowest obesity#1 Edina · 23%
#61
Fewest smokers#1 Deephaven · 7%
#54
Most active#1 Deephaven · 14%
#157
Fewest uninsured#1 Deephaven · 4%
#35
Lowest depression#1 Crosslake · 20%
#15
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waconia · 0.1 mi
#44 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 International Falls · 8.6 min
#41 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Eveleth · 1.1 yrs
#99
W
Cheapest rent#1 White · $509/mo
#49
Lowest property tax#1 Eveleth · $690/yr
#179
N
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Mankato · 30.1%
People
Most educated#1 Deephaven · 83.5%
#86
C
Youngest#1 Collegeville · 21.7
#247
Oldest#1 Crosslake · 61.0
#29
Most residents 65+#1 Crosslake · 40.1%
#51
Most kids#1 Lonsdale · 36%
#250 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Crosslake · 57.2%
#98
Most new homes#1 Corcoran · 38.2 per 1,000
#158
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crosslake · +76.3%
#77
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Brooklyn Center · 136.2 per home
#18 
The number on the right is La Crescent’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.