Scores by category

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

Safety98#241/15,637
Economy56#6,911/15,631
Housing86#2,143/14,977
Health73#4,193/15,609
Healthcare57#6,685/15,650
Environment90#1,604/15,453
Education82#2,850/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,543/15,650
Community73#4,236/15,651
Leisure & amenities78#3,441/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Property crime rate · low77 /100k
100/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRed Lake County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Minnesota 13.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRed Lake County value
Grocery stores · high5.1 /10k
99/100Minnesota 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRed Lake County value
Social associations · high23.0 /10k
99/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRed Lake County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Minnesota 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRed Lake County value
Rent as share of income · low18.5%
99/100Minnesota 29.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Dentists · low0 /100k
0/100Minnesota 78 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRed Lake County value
Job growth · low-5.0%
2/100Minnesota -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataRed Lake County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Minnesota 5.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyRed Lake County value
Average weekly wage · low$876
4/100Minnesota $1,480United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRed Lake County value
Distance to an emergency room · high18.4 mi
4/100Minnesota 6.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRed Lake County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Minnesota 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRed Lake County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
52.8% (2015-2019) → 13.0% (2020-2024)
−40 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
26.0% (2015-2019) → 3.1% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
30.6% (2015-2019) → 18.5% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.2% (2015-2019) → 81.2% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
13.7% (2015-2019) → 5.9% (2020-2024)
−7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$49,632 (2015-2019) → $64,342 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota improved on 4 of 10 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.

Improved4

Rent / income−12 points30.6% → 18.5%
Poverty−7.8 points13.7% → 5.9%
Broadband+9 points72.2% → 81.2%
Household income+30%$49,632 → $64,342

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Red Lake Falls, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.1 min2015-2019	21.3 min2020-2024	+1.1 min	Within the margin of error	35%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	72.2%2015-2019	81.2%2020-2024	+9 points	Improved	55%
Effective property tax rate	1.60%2015-2019	1.62%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
High school diploma or higher	93.8%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4102015-2019	0.3832020-2024	−0.027	Within the margin of error	72%
Median household income	$49,6322015-2019	$64,3422020-2024	+30%	Improved	55%
Poverty rate	13.7%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Improved	89%
Rent as share of income	30.6%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	95%

“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 Red Lake Falls, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Red Lake Falls, 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, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota itself moved +6.3 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,348 residents (±128)

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: 50–59 women (−5.7 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,348 residents (±128)

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White86%1,154
Black1.4%†19
Hispanic or Latino5.5%†74

Education

931 residents (±97)

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma5.4%†50
High school or GED36%333
Some college22%204

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

586 households (±64)

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k16%91
$25k–50k17%†102
$50k–75k26%150
$75k–100k10%†60
$100k–150k19%†110
$150k–200k9.0%†53
$200k or more3.4%†20

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (+13.0 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

586 households (±64)

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own80%471
Rent20%115

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

104 households (±34)

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $75078%†81
$750–1,0003.8%†4
$1,000–1,50018%†19

Home values

471 homes (±66)

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k55%259
$150k–250k41%191
$250k–400k2.8%†13

Age of homes

649 homes (±62)

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later5.5%†36
2000–20097.6%†49
1980–199917%†109

Size of homes

649 homes (±62)

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio3.4%†22
1 bedroom9.1%†59
2 bedrooms27%177

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

674 workers (±89)

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone68%455
Carpool19%†127
Public transit0.6%†4
Walk3.1%†21
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.9%†67
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−13.6 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

607 workers (±82)

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min36%220
15–29 min50%302
30–44 min6.4%†39

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

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 Red Lake County, the county holding most of Red Lake Falls's residents.

Red Lake County has 89 employer establishments, 227 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Minnesota's), with 642 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,308. The Census Bureau also counts 228 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 89; 228 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 227; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 642
Average annual pay: $41,308; US $68,342

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

Banks and credit unions	6	15.3	4.74×Too few to compare	43	$56,837	—
Religious organizations	6	15.3	2.76×Too few to compare	14	$5,000	—
Restaurants and other eating places	6	15.3	0.83×Too few to compare	24	$14,667	—
Specialty trade contractors	6	15.3	0.99×Too few to compare	17	$99,118	23
Building equipment contractors	5	12.8	2.12×Too few to compare	11	$53,273	4
Construction of buildings	4	10.2	1.35×Too few to compare	8	$43,125	10
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	3	7.7	4.65×Too few to compare	19	$36,474	—
Civic and social organizations	3	7.7	10.4×Too few to compare	13	$7,615	—
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	3	7.7	6.32×Too few to compare	19	$8,158	—
Full-service restaurants	3	7.7	1.00×Too few to compare	19	$12,789	—
Gasoline stations	3	7.7	2.36×Too few to compare	36	$16,667	—
Limited-service restaurants	3	7.7	0.96×Too few to compare	5	$21,800	—

Rank places for an industry Open Red Lake County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,915 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

5.6FY2017
12.4FY2018
6.4FY2019
-0.4FY2025

What was bought

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 Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Red Lake 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.

Red Lake Falls, 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.

Red Lake County89100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Red Lake 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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