Silver Creek ranks #29 in Minnesota for working from home
Silver Creek is ranked on 32 lists against the 275 Minnesota towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 1.
More vacation homes than 93% of Minnesota
Not better or worse, just Silver Creek’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Silver Creek out-ranks 1 of its 3 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Silver Creek lands in the top half on 8 of 19 lists
Each dot is Silver Creek’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MN, the right end is last. Areas where Silver Creek does best come first.
4 spots from the top 25 for working from home
Lists where Silver Creek sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
The lists Silver Creek does best on
Each list ranks every MN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Silver Creek marked.
Every MN list, and where Silver Creek lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Deephaven · 100 / 100
#151
Lowest obesity#1 Edina · 23%
#178
Fewest smokers#1 Deephaven · 7%
#117
Most active#1 Deephaven · 14%
#99
Fewest uninsured#1 Deephaven · 4%
#148
Lowest depression#1 Crosslake · 20%
#118
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waconia · 0.1 mi
#215 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Orrock · 63.1%
#70
Most trails#1 Two Harbors · 4.8 mi / sq mi
#156
Most walkable#1 Robbinsdale · 140 / sq mi
#267 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Eveleth · 1.1 yrs
#236
W
Cheapest rent#1 White · $509/mo
#120
Lowest property tax#1 Eveleth · $690/yr
#159
N
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Mankato · 30.1%
People
Most educated#1 Deephaven · 83.5%
#165
C
Youngest#1 Collegeville · 21.7
#178
Oldest#1 Crosslake · 61.0
#102
Most residents 65+#1 Crosslake · 40.1%
#97
Most kids#1 Lonsdale · 36%
#49 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 International Falls · 8.6 min
#247 Climate
Snowiest#1 Hermantown · 90 in
#237
L
Least snow#1 Lake City · 34 in
#26
Mildest winters#1 La Crescent · 8.7°
#186
Hottest summers#1 Marshall · 83.6°
#183
Coolest summers#1 Two Harbors · 75.4°
#102
Longest growing season#1 Winona · 180 days
#57
Wettest#1 Caledonia · 37 in
#195 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Crosslake · 57.2%
#21
Most new homes#1 Corcoran · 38.2 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crosslake · +76.3%
#78
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Brooklyn Center · 136.2 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Ely · 12.7 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Stillwater · 22.8 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Ely · 65.1 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Montevideo · 0.0
The number on the right is Silver Creek’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.