City · Morrison County, Minnesota

Pierz, Minnesota

Pierz is a city in Morrison County, Minnesota. It has 1,424 residents. Pierz, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 63 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,802 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #336 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), mammography screening (high) and restaurants and bars (high). It ranks worst on job growth (low), access to exercise opportunities (low) and pharmacies (low).

63High

Quality-of-life score: #5,802 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #336 of 364 in MN
Population: 1,424 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,032.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2750776

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety66#5,328/15,637
Economy40#9,372/15,631
Housing43#8,566/14,977
Health54#7,213/15,609
Healthcare39#9,559/15,650
Environment82#2,850/15,453
Education68#4,984/15,649
Infrastructure22#12,257/15,650
Community85#2,296/15,651
Leisure & amenities84#2,544/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Social associations · high17.8 /10k
96/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMorrison County value
Mammography screening · high57.0%
96/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMorrison County value
Restaurants and bars · high14.4 /10k
94/100Minnesota 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMorrison County value
Voter turnout · high77.8%
93/100Minnesota 77.0%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionMorrison County value
High school diploma or higher · high93.2%
92/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.9 µg/m³
91/100Minnesota 6.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMorrison County value

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-4.2%
3/100Minnesota -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMorrison County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low46.2%
8/100Minnesota 86.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMorrison County value
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
10/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMorrison County value
Average weekly wage · low$948
10/100Minnesota $1,480United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMorrison County value
New business applications · low8.6 /1k
11/100Minnesota 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauMorrison County value
Distance to an airport · high94 mi
12/100Minnesota 43 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMorrison County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,697 (2015-2019) → 1,424 (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
30.7% (2015-2019) → 54.9% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
11.0 /1k (2021) → 0.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−94%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
22.6% (2015-2019) → 35.4% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.1% (2015-2019) → 85.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
23.3 min (2015-2019) → 32.6 min (2020-2024)
+40%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, Pierz, Minnesota improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 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.

Improved1

Broadband+11 points74.1% → 85.0%

Declined2

Rent / income+13 points22.6% → 35.4%
Rent burden+24 points30.7% → 54.9%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Pierz, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.3 min2015-2019	32.6 min2020-2024	+9.4 min	Within the margin of error	3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%2015-2019	18.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Broadband subscriptions	74.1%2015-2019	85.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	64%
Effective property tax rate	1.03%2015-2019	0.94%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
High school diploma or higher	87.6%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	34%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4882015-2019	0.4332020-2024	−0.056	Within the margin of error	86%
Median household income	$53,2812015-2019	$52,5002020-2024	−1.5%	Within the margin of error	6%
Poverty rate	10.5%2015-2019	10.0%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent as share of income	22.6%2015-2019	35.4%2020-2024	+13 points	Declined	6%
Rent-burdened households	30.7%2015-2019	54.9%2020-2024	+24 points	Declined	5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.2%2015-2019	7.3%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%

“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 Pierz, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pierz, 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, Pierz, Minnesota itself moved −16.8 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

1,424 residents (±147)

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

552 households (±56)

Pierz, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k21%114
$25k–50k29%159
$50k–75k14%80

Homes

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

Owners and renters

552 households (±56)

Pierz, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own73%405
Rent27%147

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

626 workers (±85)

Pierz, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone86%541
Carpool5.6%†35
Public transit0.5%†3

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 Morrison County, the county holding most of Pierz's residents.

Morrison County has 933 employer establishments, 272 for every 10,000 residents (1.09× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Minnesota's), with 8,532 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,841. The Census Bureau also counts 2,469 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 933; 2,469 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 272; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 8,532
Average annual pay: $48,841; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	78	22.7	1.47×More than typical	239	$83,946	245
Services to buildings and dwellings	56	16.3	2.42×More than typical	157	$64,427	164
Restaurants and other eating places	48	14	0.76×Fewer than typical	695	$18,816	4
Landscaping services	46	13.4	3.83×More than typical	120	$76,442	90
Religious organizations	40	11.7	2.10×More than typical	255	$22,008	—
Ambulatory health care services	39	11.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	468	$80,821	52
Construction of buildings	38	11.1	1.46×More than typical	136	$67,860	104
Truck transportation	37	10.8	2.13×More than typical	141	$49,879	110
Automotive repair and maintenance	31	9	1.79×More than typical	110	$46,664	54
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	26	7.6	6.25×More than typical	127	$17,898	—
Other specialty trade contractors	25	7.3	2.90×More than typical	30	$154,800	106
Gasoline stations	24	7	2.16×More than typical	257	$25,506	—

Rank places for an industry Open Morrison County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 34,328 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: Pierz is mostly in Morrison County.

See federal money in Morrison 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.

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

House

Michelle FischbachR-MN-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.4%

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.

Morrison County81100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Morrison 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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