City · Meeker County, Minnesota

Eden Valley, Minnesota

Eden Valley is a city in Meeker County, Minnesota, part of the St. Cloud, MN metro area. It has 1,002 residents. Eden Valley, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 84 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,583 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #197 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on unemployment rate (low), mammography screening (high) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on pharmacies (low), preventable hospital stays (high) and mental health care shortage (high).

84Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,583 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #197 of 364 in MN
Population: 1,002 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 748.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 2718134

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety97#403/15,637
Economy65#5,434/15,631
Housing61#5,844/14,977
Health77#3,656/15,609
Healthcare27#11,387/15,650
Environment99#177/15,453
Education60#6,300/15,649
Infrastructure65#5,469/15,650
Community90#1,512/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,132/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Eden Valley, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Meeker 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

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Minnesota 3.9%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Mammography screening · high57.0%
96/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMeeker County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Minnesota 2.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMeeker County value
Loneliness · low30.8%
93/100Minnesota 32.1%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Property crime rate · low413 /100k
93/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMeeker County value
Drug overdose deaths · low7.3 /100k
92/100Minnesota 15.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataMeeker County value

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMeeker County value
Preventable hospital stays · high5,239 /100k
1/100Minnesota 2,419 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMeeker County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Minnesota 8.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMeeker County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Minnesota 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMeeker County value
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMeeker County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low40.3%
6/100Minnesota 86.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMeeker County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.6% (2015-2019) → 90.7% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
24.0 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$41,534 (2015-2019) → $67,917 (2020-2024)
+64%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
49.3% (2015-2019) → 39.4% (2020-2024)
−9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
29.6% (2015-2019) → 24.5% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
91.4% (2015-2019) → 86.3% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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.

Over about five years, Eden Valley, Minnesota improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+64%$41,534 → $67,917
Unemployment−2.8 points2.8% → 0.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Eden Valley, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.9 min2015-2019	31.3 min2020-2024	+1.4 min	Within the margin of error	32%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%2015-2019	9.5%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Broadband subscriptions	69.6%2015-2019	90.7%2020-2024	+21 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Effective property tax rate	1.35%2015-2019	1.25%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	91.4%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3852015-2019	0.3672020-2024	−0.019	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$41,5342015-2019	$67,9172020-2024	+64%	Improved	92%
Poverty rate	10.3%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent as share of income	29.6%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent-burdened households	49.3%2015-2019	39.4%2020-2024	−9.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Unemployment rate	2.8%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Improved	88%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.1%2015-2019	8.7%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	51%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Eden Valley, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Eden Valley, 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.

For comparison, Eden Valley, Minnesota itself moved +11.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

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

1,002 residents (±141)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (−6.4 points).

† 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

1,002 residents (±141)

Eden Valley, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White93%932
Black0.2%†2
Hispanic or Latino4.0%†40

Education

547 residents (±72)

Eden Valley, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma14%†75
High school or GED41%226
Some college16%†86

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

354 households (±61)

Eden Valley, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k15%†53
$25k–50k20%†72
$50k–75k22%†77
$75k–100k17%†59
$100k–150k14%†50
$150k–200k7.9%†28
$200k or more4.2%†15

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−15.0 points).

† 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

354 households (±61)

Eden Valley, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own79%279
Rent21%†75

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.7 points).

† 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

66 households (±27)

Eden Valley, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $75024%†16
$750–1,00053%†35
$1,000–1,50020%†13

Home values

279 homes (±50)

Eden Valley, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k45%†126
$150k–250k42%†118
$250k–400k10%†29

Age of homes

364 homes (±61)

Eden Valley, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later1.6%†6
2000–200911%†41
1980–199916%†60

Size of homes

364 homes (±61)

Eden Valley, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom11%†39
2 bedrooms26%†96

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

551 workers (±91)

Eden Valley, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone89%491
Carpool3.6%†20
Public transit0.5%†3
Walk0.7%†4
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.0%†33
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−5.4 points).

† 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

518 workers (±88)

Eden Valley, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min32%165
15–29 min28%†146
30–44 min19%†97

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 St. Cloud, MN

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 Meeker County, the county holding most of Eden Valley's residents.

Meeker County has 606 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Minnesota's), with 6,775 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,057. The Census Bureau also counts 1,711 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 606; 1,711 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 6,775
Average annual pay: $54,057; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	67	28.5	1.84×More than typical	353	$61,292	163
Construction of buildings	30	12.8	1.69×More than typical	168	$82,887	78
Ambulatory health care services	27	11.5	0.55×Fewer than typical	192	$50,828	43
Building equipment contractors	25	10.6	1.77×More than typical	112	$54,705	14
Restaurants and other eating places	25	10.6	0.58×Fewer than typical	292	$19,123	5
Truck transportation	25	10.6	2.10×More than typical	76	$59,987	89
Religious organizations	24	10.2	1.84×More than typical	158	$20,158	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	21	8.9	1.77×More than typical	52	$45,365	38
Other specialty trade contractors	19	8.1	3.22×More than typical	95	$58,926	57
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	16	6.8	4.26×More than typical	641	$56,833	12
Services to buildings and dwellings	16	6.8	1.01×About typical	40	$56,425	108
Offices of other health practitioners	15	6.4	1.05×About typical	44	$51,932	34

Rank places for an industry Open Meeker County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 23,522 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: Eden Valley is mostly in Meeker County.

See federal money in Meeker 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.

Eden Valley, Minnesota is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).