City · Scott County, Minnesota

Savage, Minnesota

Savage is a city in Scott County, Minnesota, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area. It has 32,889 residents. Savage, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 96 out of 100 (very high), ranking #642 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #52 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on food environment index (high), voter turnout (high) and high school diploma or higher (high). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), comfortable days (low) and social associations (low).

96Very high

Quality-of-life score: #642 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #52 of 364 in MN
Population: 32,889 (2020-2024)
Land area: 16 mi²
Density: 2,107.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 2758738

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.

Safety95#761/15,637
Economy86#2,160/15,631
Housing44#8,338/14,977
Health95#829/15,609
Healthcare73#4,221/15,650
Environment75#3,803/15,453
Education96#674/15,649
Infrastructure93#1,033/15,650
Community97#473/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,248/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Food environment index · high9.8
99/100Minnesota 9.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value
Voter turnout · high82.6%
98/100Minnesota 77.0%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionScott County value
High school diploma or higher · high96.6%
98/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Loneliness · low28.9%
97/100Minnesota 32.1%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Premature death · low4,398 /100k
96/100Minnesota 6,407 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value
Math scores · high3.49
96/100Minnesota 3.30United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
11/100Minnesota 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScott County value
Comfortable days · low23.7%
17/100Minnesota 23.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationScott County value
Social associations · low6.7 /10k
18/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value
Days with unhealthy air · high2.2%
19/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyScott County value
Pharmacies · low1.1 /10k
19/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScott County value
Restaurants and bars · low6.5 /10k
25/100Minnesota 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScott County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
31,254 (2015-2019) → 32,889 (2020-2024)
+5.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.6× (2015-2019) → 3.4× (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
49.6% (2015-2019) → 53.7% (2020-2024)
+4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
52.4% (2015-2019) → 56.1% (2020-2024)
+3.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
93.3% (2015-2019) → 96.2% (2020-2024)
+2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Public transit commutersWorsening
3.0% (2015-2019) → 0.5% (2020-2024)
−2.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

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, Savage, Minnesota improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 1 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

Bachelor's++4.1 points49.6% → 53.7%
Broadband+2.9 points93.3% → 96.2%
Household income+5.2%$119,291 → $125,513

Declined3

Unemployment+2.4 points2.9% → 5.3%
Price / income+0.9×2.6× → 3.4×
Transit use−2.5 points3.0% → 0.5%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Savage, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.9 min2015-2019	25.1 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	57%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%2015-2019	53.7%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Improved	61%
Broadband subscriptions	93.3%2015-2019	96.2%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Improved	19%
Child poverty rate	11.3%2015-2019	8.9%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Effective property tax rate	1.23%2015-2019	1.02%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	60%
High school diploma or higher	95.3%2015-2019	96.6%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3852015-2019	0.3752020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	59%
Median household income	$119,2912015-2019	$125,5132020-2024	+5.2%	Improved	12%
Poverty rate	5.9%2015-2019	5.8%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Public transit commuters	3.0%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Declined	12%
Rent as share of income	31.8%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	52.4%2015-2019	56.1%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Unemployment rate	2.9%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Declined	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	2.8%2015-2019	3.0%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%

“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 Savage, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Savage, 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, Savage, Minnesota itself moved −1.2 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

32,889 residents (±37)

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

12,021 households (±283)

Savage, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k4.6%557
$25k–50k8.9%1,073
$50k–75k12%1,442

Homes

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

Owners and renters

12,021 households (±283)

Savage, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own86%10,311
Rent14%1,710

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

18,569 workers (±634)

Savage, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone70%12,931
Carpool5.9%1,095
Public transit0.5%†95

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 Scott County, the county holding most of Savage's residents.

Scott County has 3,655 employer establishments, 234 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Minnesota's), with 60,419 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,727. The Census Bureau also counts 13,530 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,655; 13,530 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 234; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 60,419
Average annual pay: $59,727; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	423	27.1	1.75×More than typical	4,081	$90,044	896
Ambulatory health care services	202	12.9	0.62×Fewer than typical	1,604	$68,468	476
Lessors of real estate	194	12.4	1.01×About typical	521	$53,430	1,309
Restaurants and other eating places	193	12.4	0.67×Fewer than typical	4,221	$21,111	32
Services to buildings and dwellings	188	12	1.79×More than typical	1,127	$45,640	493
Construction of buildings	184	11.8	1.56×More than typical	682	$79,872	417
Landscaping services	125	8	2.29×More than typical	710	$52,565	144
Real estate agents and brokers	120	7.7	1.58×More than typical	252	$68,984	377
Building finishing contractors	118	7.6	1.99×More than typical	812	$67,525	349
Truck transportation	115	7.4	1.46×More than typical	656	$51,555	631
Computer systems design and related services	110	7	1.63×More than typical	477	$113,220	183
Building equipment contractors	103	6.6	1.10×About typical	1,240	$81,514	112

Rank places for an industry Open Scott County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 156,145 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 $350.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Savage, Minnesota: $10.67 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $350.9K; −57% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10.67; US $1,994
Sole-source: 23%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of the Army$266.5K76%
Department of Veterans Affairs$84.4K24%

Top recipients

L S MARINE INC$266.5K76%
ASSOCIATED PARTNERSHIP LTD.$78.4K22%
MIDWEST SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS CORP$6,0541.7%

Spending by fiscal year

1.3MFY2017
1.1MFY2018
881.4KFY2019
274.8KFY2020
250.3KFY2021
463KFY2022
516.5KFY2023
53.4K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$266.5K76%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$84.4K24%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Savage, Minnesota

MECHANICAL DREDGING$533.4K
L S MARINE INC· Scott County, MN· Construction & real property· Sep 18, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· W912ES25FA024
PLANT 2 DREDGING AT ABOVE SAVAGE RR BRIDGE$222K
L S MARINE INC· Scott County, MN· Construction & real property· Oct 23, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· W912ES26FA008
PLANT 2 MECHANICAL DREDGING AT CARGILL SLIP$96K
L S MARINE INC· Scott County, MN· Construction & real property· Nov 7, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· W912ES26FA013
VAN CONVERSION SYSTEM - PROSTHETICS$43.8K

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 Savage, Minnesota, so they do not add up across cities.

Savage, Minnesota's figures are part of those of Scott County, MN ($2.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 12% of that total.

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

See federal money in Scott 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.

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

House

Angie CraigD-MN-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 3.6%

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.

Scott County98100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI93

Other cities and towns in Scott 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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