A town of 2,269. A regional job hub with 2,046 jobs.
The thing Staples does most differently from other towns.
Where Staples’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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Ordered by what stands out in Staples. Another town gets a different order.
About one in 5 of Staples’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wadena (9%), Motley (7%) and Brainerd (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.
Staples has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 0°, and about 51 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Staples beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| What stands out | Staples | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.2% | 8.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 5.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.9% | 5.9% |
The public schools Staples’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staples-Motley Elementary | PK–4 | 308 | C+ |
| Sacred Heart Area School Private | PK–6 | 109 | |
| Staples-Motley Middle School | 5–8 | 284 | C |
| Staples-Motley Senior High | 9–12 | 309 | C |
| FED Staples-Motley Credit Recovery | 9–12 | — | Not graded |
| Freshwater Staples ALC | M | — | Not graded |
Staples reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 58% report less.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 44% of U.S. communities.
8 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 2 places on the National Register.
2 places in Staples on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Staples.
City in Minnesota, United States
Staples is a city in Todd and Wadena counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 2,989 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Staples.
