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About Park Rapids
City in Minnesota, United StatesPark Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. It is near Itasca State Park, the source of the Mississippi River, as well as the beginning of the Heartland State Trail. The city was founded in 1890 near the Fish Hook River rapids and is along U.S. Highway 71 and Minnesota State Highway 34. The population was 4,142 at the 2020 census.
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Housing in Park Rapids
The typical Park Rapids home is worth about $327,000, up 3.8% in a year, 7% below the Minnesota typical home.
Safety in Park Rapids
Safety Grade C-
Park Rapids reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 76% report less.
Schools in Park Rapids
All Park Rapids schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Park Rapids’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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