Windom makes Minnesota’s top 10 on 2 lists
Windom is ranked on 38 lists against the 275 Minnesota towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 7.
The lists Windom does best on
Each list ranks every MN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Windom marked.
2 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Windom sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Windom lands in the top half on 9 of 25 lists
Each dot is Windom’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MN, the right end is last. Areas where Windom does best come first.
More seniors than 81% of Minnesota
Not better or worse, just Windom’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Windom out-ranks 1 of its 2 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.
Every MN list, and where Windom lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 International Falls · 8.6 min
#7 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Eveleth · 1.1 yrs
#24
W
Cheapest rent#1 White · $509/mo
#24
Lowest property tax#1 Eveleth · $690/yr
#30
N
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Mankato · 30.1%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Orrock · 63.1%
#115
Most trails#1 Two Harbors · 4.8 mi / sq mi
#48
Most walkable#1 Robbinsdale · 140 / sq mi
#117 
Health
Healthiest#1 Deephaven · 100 / 100
#246
Lowest obesity#1 Edina · 23%
#252
Fewest smokers#1 Deephaven · 7%
#202
Most active#1 Deephaven · 14%
#258
Fewest uninsured#1 Deephaven · 4%
#255
Lowest depression#1 Crosslake · 20%
#50
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waconia · 0.1 mi
#243 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Crosslake · 57.2%
#155
Most new homes#1 Corcoran · 38.2 per 1,000
#122
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crosslake · +76.3%
#166
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Brooklyn Center · 136.2 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Ely · 12.7 per resident
#11
Most library borrowing#1 Stillwater · 22.8 per resident
#11
Best libraries for kids#1 Ely · 65.1 per child
#14 
The number on the right is Windom’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.