A town of 3,444. A typical home worth about $179K.
The 3 things Sleepy Eye does most differently from other towns.
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The typical Sleepy Eye home is worth about $179,000, up 8.5% in a year, 49% below the Minnesota typical home.
About one in 3 of Sleepy Eye’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Ulm (25%), Home (6%) and Leavenworth (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.
0.9 miles of trails across 7 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sportsmans Park | 0.2 mi | 35 |
| 2. Eagles Park | — | 13 |
| 3. Prairieview Park | — | 11 |
Sleepy Eye beats the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| What stands out | Sleepy Eye | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.9% | 76.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.3% | 5.4% |
The public schools Sleepy Eye’s kids attend outperform 81% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleepy Eye Elementary | PK–6 | 324 | B+ |
| Grace Lutheran School Private | 1–8 | 13 | |
| Sleepy Eye Sec. | 7–12 | 238 | B+ |
| St. Mary's Catholic School K-12 Private | PK–12 | 283 |
Sleepy Eye reports less crime per resident than 81% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Sleepy Eye has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 6°, and about 38 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 34% of U.S. communities.
5 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 5 places on the National Register.
5 places in Sleepy Eye on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Minnesota, United States
Sleepy Eye is a small city in rural Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The city is named after a famed local Dakota chief from the 1800s. The population was 3,452 at the 2020 census.
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