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Outdoors in Minneapolis
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Hennepin Island Tunnel collapse 1, 1869
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Pence Automobile Company Building
Pence Automobile Company Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 27, 2007. It is significant for its commerce and industry at the state level.
About Minneapolis
City in Minnesota, United StatesMinneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 census, it is the state's most populous city. Located in the state's center near the eastern border, it occupies both banks of the Upper Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities, a metropolitan area with 3.69 million residents. Minneapolis is built on an artesian aquifer on relatively flat terrain and is known for cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. Nicknamed the "City of Lakes", Minneapolis is abundant in water, with thirteen la…
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How Minneapolis ranks
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Housing in Minneapolis
The typical Minneapolis home is worth about $329,000, up 0.6% in a year, 6% below the Minnesota typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Minneapolis
Safety Grade D-
Minneapolis reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 99% report less.
Work & commute in Minneapolis
Full picture →41% of Minneapolis’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (9%), Bloomington (5%) and Edina (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.
Health in Minneapolis
Health Grade A−
Healthier than 84% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Minnesota
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 8 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Minneapolis
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 29% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Minneapolis
Full climate →Minneapolis has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 7°, and about 54 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Minneapolis
All Minneapolis schools →School Grade C
The public schools Minneapolis’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 66% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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.
Minneapolis is a college town
Colleges →of Minneapolis’s residents are enrolled in college. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has about 52,981 students on campus, and 6 more colleges are in town.
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