Park Rapids ranks #15 in Minnesota for low depression
Park Rapids is ranked on 36 lists against the 275 Minnesota towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
More seniors than 97% of Minnesota
Not better or worse, just Park Rapids’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Park Rapids does best on
Each list ranks every MN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Park Rapids marked.
Park Rapids lands in the top half on 7 of 22 lists
Each dot is Park Rapids’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MN, the right end is last. Areas where Park Rapids does best come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for cheap rent
Lists where Park Rapids sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Park Rapids 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Eveleth · 1.1 yrs
#64
W
Cheapest rent#1 White · $509/mo
#26
Lowest property tax#1 Eveleth · $690/yr
#55
N
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Mankato · 30.1%
Health
Healthiest#1 Deephaven · 100 / 100
#217
Lowest obesity#1 Edina · 23%
#138
Fewest smokers#1 Deephaven · 7%
#167
Most active#1 Deephaven · 14%
#198
Fewest uninsured#1 Deephaven · 4%
#206
Lowest depression#1 Crosslake · 20%
#15
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waconia · 0.1 mi
#255 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Crosslake · 57.2%
#48
Most new homes#1 Corcoran · 38.2 per 1,000
#97
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crosslake · +76.3%
#18
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Brooklyn Center · 136.2 per home
#122 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 International Falls · 8.6 min
#188 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Orrock · 63.1%
#216
Most trails#1 Two Harbors · 4.8 mi / sq mi
#199
Most walkable#1 Robbinsdale · 140 / sq mi
#176 People
Most educated#1 Deephaven · 83.5%
#227
C
Youngest#1 Collegeville · 21.7
#241
Oldest#1 Crosslake · 61.0
#35
Most residents 65+#1 Crosslake · 40.1%
#9
Most kids#1 Lonsdale · 36%
#179 
The number on the right is Park Rapids’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.