City · Scott County, Minnesota

Credit River, Minnesota

Credit River is a city in Scott County, Minnesota, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area. It has 5,551 residents. Credit River, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 96 out of 100 (very high), ranking #644 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #53 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on food environment index (high), voter turnout (high) and poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), comfortable days (low) and social associations (low).

96Very high

Quality-of-life score: #644 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #53 of 364 in MN
Population: 5,551 (2020-2024)
Land area: 23 mi²
Density: 237.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 2713708

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 67 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety95#761/15,637
Economy93#1,062/15,631
Housing54#6,883/14,977
Health—
Healthcare76#3,802/15,650
Environment75#3,803/15,453
Education94#1,003/15,649
Infrastructure95#797/15,650
Community92#1,297/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,248/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Credit River, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Scott County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Food environment index · high9.8
99/100Minnesota 9.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value
Voter turnout · high82.6%
98/100Minnesota 77.0%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionScott County value
Poverty rate · low2.1%
96/100Minnesota 9.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Premature death · low4,398 /100k
96/100Minnesota 6,407 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value
Math scores · high3.49
96/100Minnesota 3.30United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value
Traffic deaths · low4.9 /100k
96/100Minnesota 7.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataScott County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
11/100Minnesota 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScott County value
Comfortable days · low23.7%
17/100Minnesota 23.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationScott County value
Social associations · low6.7 /10k
18/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value
Days with unhealthy air · high2.2%
19/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyScott County value
Pharmacies · low1.1 /10k
19/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScott County value
Restaurants and bars · low6.5 /10k
25/100Minnesota 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScott County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
2.2 /1k (2021) → 3.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+41%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Credit River, Minnesota over five years.

Cities and towns like Credit River, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Credit River, Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Credit River, Minnesota five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,551 residents (±33)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,551 residents (±33)

Credit River, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White92%5,113
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino2.0%†111

Education

3,852 residents (±215)

Credit River, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma0.6%†24
High school or GED22%856
Some college18%692

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,941 households (±161)

Credit River, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k1.2%†23
$25k–50k7.8%†152
$50k–75k12%†236
$75k–100k9.7%†189
$100k–150k22%†430
$150k–200k10%†203
$200k or more36%708

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,941 households (±161)

Credit River, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own98%1,893
Rent2.5%†48

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

48 households (±56)

Credit River, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00069%†33
$1,000–1,50031%†15

Home values

1,893 homes (±158)

Credit River, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k4.6%†88
$150k–250k4.3%†81
$250k–400k18%†337

Age of homes

2,000 homes (±167)

Credit River, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later13%†252
2000–200922%432
1980–199924%487

Size of homes

2,000 homes (±167)

Credit River, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.5%†10
2 bedrooms5.7%†113

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,325 workers (±226)

Credit River, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone72%2,388
Carpool2.5%†83
Public transit0.5%†17
Walk0.3%†10
Bike0.3%†10
Work from home17%560
Other7.7%†257

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,765 workers (±225)

Credit River, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min27%741
15–29 min42%1,162
30–44 min22%617
45–59 min

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Scott County, the county holding most of Credit River's residents.

Scott County has 3,655 employer establishments, 234 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Minnesota's), with 60,419 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,727. The Census Bureau also counts 13,530 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,655; 13,530 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 234; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 60,419
Average annual pay: $59,727; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Scott County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	423	27.1	1.75×More than typical	4,081	$90,044	896
Ambulatory health care services	202	12.9	0.62×Fewer than typical	1,604	$68,468	476
Lessors of real estate	194	12.4	1.01×About typical	521	$53,430	1,309
Restaurants and other eating places	193	12.4	0.67×Fewer than typical	4,221	$21,111	32
Services to buildings and dwellings	188	12	1.79×More than typical	1,127	$45,640	493
Construction of buildings	184	11.8	1.56×More than typical	682	$79,872	417
Landscaping services	125	8	2.29×More than typical	710	$52,565	144
Real estate agents and brokers	120	7.7	1.58×More than typical	252	$68,984	377
Building finishing contractors	118	7.6	1.99×More than typical	812	$67,525	349
Truck transportation	115	7.4	1.46×More than typical	656	$51,555	631
Computer systems design and related services	110	7	1.63×More than typical	477	$113,220	183
Building equipment contractors	103	6.6	1.10×About typical	1,240	$81,514	112

Rank places for an industry Open Scott County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 156,145 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Credit River is mostly in Scott County.

See federal money in Scott County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Credit River, Minnesota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Angie CraigD-MN-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 3.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Scott County98100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI93

Other cities and towns in Scott County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024

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