City · Hennepin County, Minnesota

Medina, Minnesota

Medina is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area. It has 6,968 residents. Medina, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 96 out of 100 (very high), ranking #623 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #48 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on broadband subscriptions (high), flu vaccinations (high) and median household income (high). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), income inequality (Gini index) (high) and child care cost burden (high).

96Very high

Quality-of-life score: #623 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #48 of 364 in MN
Population: 6,968 (2020-2024)
Land area: 26 mi²
Density: 272.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2741480

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety26#11,517/15,637
Economy88#1,946/15,631
Housing68#4,847/14,977
Health87#2,075/15,609
Healthcare97#431/15,650
Environment77#3,523/15,453
Education94#911/15,649
Infrastructure99#125/15,650
Community99#159/15,651
Leisure & amenities76#3,759/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Broadband subscriptions · high99.4%
98/100Minnesota 91.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Flu vaccinations · high58.0%
98/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHennepin County value
Median household income · high$230,859
98/100Minnesota $87,120United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Poor or fair health · low10.2%
97/100Minnesota 16.4%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · low14.0%
97/100Minnesota 24.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · low13.3%
97/100Minnesota 17.1%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high2,622 /100k
4/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHennepin County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.527
5/100Minnesota 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Child care cost burden · high40.0%
9/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHennepin County value
Violent crime rate · high470 /100k
12/100Minnesota 224 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHennepin County value
Days with unhealthy air · high2.7%
15/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHennepin County value
Drug overdose deaths · high26.0 /100k
16/100Minnesota 15.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHennepin County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
6,380 (2015-2019) → 6,968 (2020-2024)
+9.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
12.6 /1k (2021) → 19.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+58%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
1.1% (2015-2019) → 12.4% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$148,110 (2015-2019) → $230,859 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateWorsening
2.0% (2015-2019) → 10.3% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.9% (2015-2019) → 45.9% (2020-2024)
+7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Medina, Minnesota improved on 2 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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+56%$148,110 → $230,859
Broadband+3.1 points96.3% → 99.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Medina, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.3 min2015-2019	26.3 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%2015-2019	67.4%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Broadband subscriptions	96.3%2015-2019	99.4%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	20%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	0.89%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
High school diploma or higher	97.2%2015-2019	96.3%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	−0.9×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4812015-2019	0.5272020-2024	+0.046	Within the margin of error	18%
Median household income	$148,1102015-2019	$230,8592020-2024	+56%	Improved	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 Medina, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Medina, 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, Medina, Minnesota itself moved +3.4 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

6,968 residents (±19)

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

2,335 households (±162)

Medina, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k6.7%†156
$25k–50k8.3%†193
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,335 households (±162)

Medina, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own92%2,152
Rent7.8%†183

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

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

3,078 workers (±360)

Medina, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone51%1,563
Carpool1.5%†46
Public transit0.4%†12

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 Hennepin County, the county holding most of Medina's residents.

Hennepin County has 40,486 employer establishments, 320 for every 10,000 residents (1.29× the US rate of 248; 1.19× Minnesota's), with 939,201 paid employees at an average annual pay of $83,049. The Census Bureau also counts 124,252 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 40,486; 124,252 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 320; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 939,201
Average annual pay: $83,049; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	2,981	23.6	1.13×About typical	53,935	$81,748	5,997
Lessors of real estate	2,522	20	1.62×More than typical	16,105	$73,810	12,852
Restaurants and other eating places	2,382	18.8	1.03×About typical	52,072	$26,768	344
Specialty trade contractors	1,685	13.3	0.86×About typical	21,039	$89,779	4,896
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,567	12.4	1.85×More than typical	16,947	$121,000	7,719
Computer systems design and related services	1,236	9.8	2.26×More than typical	16,761	$117,183	1,805
Real estate agents and brokers	1,119	8.9	1.82×More than typical	3,203	$101,230	2,988
Offices of other health practitioners	1,101	8.7	1.43×More than typical	6,202	$54,565	3,276
Limited-service restaurants	1,069	8.5	1.05×About typical	19,790	$23,538	144
Construction of buildings	1,042	8.2	1.09×About typical	8,659	$97,011	2,215
Services to buildings and dwellings	998	7.9	1.17×About typical	8,328	$43,296	3,587
Legal services	984	7.8	1.45×More than typical	11,939	$133,428	1,285

Rank places for an industry Open Hennepin County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,263,745 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

In FY2026, an estimated $12.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Medina, Minnesota: $1,753 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $12.2M; +20% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,753; US $1,994
Sole-source: 47%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Acquisition Service$4.7M38%
Department of the Navy$4.3M35%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.6M13%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$1.2M10%
Department of Energy$274K2.2%
Bureau of Land Management$123.8K1.0%
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$12.7K0.1%
Department of the Army$10.3K0.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

23.3MFY2017
12.2MFY2018
9.7MFY2019
7.3MFY2020
14.7MFY2021
12MFY2022
23.6MFY2023
10.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$4.8M39%
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing · 3362$4.3M35%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$1.5M13%
Other motor vehicle dealers · 4412$1.2M10%
Software publishers · 5132$274K2.2%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$36K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Medina, Minnesota, so they do not add up across cities.

Medina, Minnesota's figures are part of those of Hennepin County, MN ($707.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.7% of that total.

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

See federal money in Hennepin 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.

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

House

Senate

Amy KlobucharD-

County

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

Hennepin County91100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI93

Other cities and towns in Hennepin 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
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
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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