City · Mahnomen County, Minnesota

Mahnomen (city), Minnesota

Mahnomen is a city in Mahnomen County, Minnesota. It has 1,049 residents. Mahnomen (city), Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 25 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,720 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #364 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), firearm deaths (low) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on injury deaths (high), premature death (high) and adult smoking (high).

25Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,720 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #364 of 364 in MN
Population: 1,049 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 991.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 2739392

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 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.

Safety63#5,812/15,637
Economy5#14,854/15,631
Housing81#2,826/14,977
Health5#14,874/15,609
Healthcare11#13,922/15,650
Environment97#514/15,453
Education24#11,897/15,649
Infrastructure39#9,536/15,650
Community13#13,583/15,651
Leisure & amenities14#13,512/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Minnesota 13.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMahnomen County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Minnesota 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMahnomen County value
Average commute time · low13.1 min
98/100Minnesota 22.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Property crime rate · low340 /100k
95/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMahnomen County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
95/100Minnesota 3.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Minnesota 2.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMahnomen County value

Weaknesses

Injury deaths · high200 /100k
1/100Minnesota 81 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahnomen County value
Premature death · high18,860 /100k
1/100Minnesota 6,407 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahnomen County value
Adult smoking · high26.5%
1/100Minnesota 15.9%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Reading scores · low2.44
1/100Minnesota 3.12United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahnomen County value
Life expectancy · low69.1 yrs
2/100Minnesota 79.6 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahnomen County value
Primary care physicians · low19 /100k
4/100Minnesota 90 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMahnomen County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,288 (2015-2019) → 1,049 (2020-2024)
−19%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.8% (2015-2019) → 86.6% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
7.2% (2015-2019) → 14.2% (2020-2024)
+7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
20.4% (2015-2019) → 14.8% (2020-2024)
−5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Median household incomeImproving
$38,021 (2015-2019) → $45,341 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
11.0 min (2015-2019) → 13.1 min (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Mahnomen (city), Minnesota improved on 3 of 14 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.

Improved3

Broadband+17 points69.8% → 86.6%
Bachelor's++7 points7.2% → 14.2%
Household income+19%$38,021 → $45,341

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Mahnomen (city), Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	11.0 min2015-2019	13.1 min2020-2024	+2.1 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	+7 points	Improved	79%
Broadband subscriptions	69.8%2015-2019	86.6%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	84%
Child poverty rate	21.7%2015-2019	25.4%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	1.11%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	87.7%2015-2019	87.0%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4322015-2019	0.4332020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	49%
Median household income	$38,0212015-2019	$45,3412020-2024	+19%	Improved	31%
Poverty rate	20.4%2015-2019	18.6%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	26.6%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent-burdened households	45.9%2015-2019	43.7%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Unemployment rate	10.0%2015-2019	9.8%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.4%2015-2019	14.8%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Within the margin of error	89%

“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 Mahnomen (city), Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mahnomen (city), 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, Mahnomen (city), Minnesota itself moved +3.2 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

1,049 residents (±114)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

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

Household income

417 households (±40)

Mahnomen (city), Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k30%126
$25k–50k24%99
$50k–75k19%79

Homes

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

Owners and renters

417 households (±40)

Mahnomen (city), Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own56%234
Rent44%183

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

363 workers (±56)

Mahnomen (city), Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone72%263
Carpool10%†37
Public transit1.9%†

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 Mahnomen County, the county holding most of Mahnomen's residents.

Mahnomen County has 98 employer establishments, 185 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248; 0.69× Minnesota's), with 1,458 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,814. The Census Bureau also counts 316 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 98; 316 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 185; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 1,458
Average annual pay: $43,814; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	9	17	3.35×Too few to compare	31	$61,484	8
Specialty trade contractors	6	11.3	0.73×Too few to compare	8	$97,875	29
Construction of buildings	5	9.4	1.25×Too few to compare	44	$225,136	17
Restaurants and other eating places	5	9.4	0.51×Too few to compare	26	$18,269	4
Ambulatory health care services	4	7.5	0.36×Too few to compare	233	$28,335	4
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	4	7.5	4.57×Too few to compare	34	$71,559	—
Other specialty trade contractors	4	7.5	3.00×Too few to compare	5	$114,000	9
Automotive repair and maintenance	3	5.7	1.12×Too few to compare	28	$41,429	8
Banks and credit unions	3	5.7	1.75×Too few to compare	20	$62,550	—
Full-service restaurants	3	5.7	0.74×Too few to compare	18	$15,111	—
Gasoline stations	3	5.7	1.74×Too few to compare	15	$16,800	—
Individual and family services	3	5.7	2.02×Too few to compare	23	$39,261	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,307 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: Mahnomen is mostly in Mahnomen County.

See federal money in Mahnomen 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.

Mahnomen (city), Minnesota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Pete StauberR-MN-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

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.

Mahnomen County36100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Mahnomen 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.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
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
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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