City · Marshall County, Minnesota

Warren, Minnesota

Warren is a city in Marshall County, Minnesota. It has 1,680 residents. Warren, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 76 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,787 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #279 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), social associations (high) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), access to exercise opportunities (low) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

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Quality-of-life score: #3,787 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #279 of 364 in MN
Population: 1,680 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,153.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2768170

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety93#1,146/15,637
Economy49#7,942/15,631
Housing70#4,462/14,977
Health60#6,251/15,609
Healthcare20#12,468/15,650
Environment90#1,622/15,453
Education85#2,390/15,649
Infrastructure38#9,667/15,650
Community78#3,430/15,651
Leisure & amenities65#5,419/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Warren, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marshall 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 · low50 /100k
100/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMarshall County value
Social associations · high32.9 /10k
100/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Grocery stores · high6.8 /10k
100/100Minnesota 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMarshall County value
Math scores · high3.56
98/100Minnesota 3.30United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Mammography screening · high59.0%
98/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Average commute time · low15.1 min
96/100Minnesota 22.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low11 /100k
1/100Minnesota 90 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low33.6%
3/100Minnesota 86.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Minnesota 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMarshall County value
Dentists · low23 /100k
6/100Minnesota 78 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Distance to an emergency room · high13.3 mi
10/100Minnesota 6.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMarshall County value
Distance to an airport · high98 mi
10/100Minnesota 43 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMarshall County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
0.6 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.1% (2015-2019) → 89.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
48.4% (2015-2019) → 41.6% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
88.3% (2015-2019) → 94.2% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Average commute timeImproving
20.7 min (2015-2019) → 15.1 min (2020-2024)
−27%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 2.5× (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Warren, Minnesota improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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 points78.1% → 89.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Warren, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.7 min2015-2019	15.1 min2020-2024	−5.6 min	Within the margin of error	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Broadband subscriptions	78.1%2015-2019	89.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	64%
Child poverty rate	21.6%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Effective property tax rate	1.38%2015-2019	1.07%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	75%
High school diploma or higher	88.3%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3832015-2019	0.3932020-2024	+0.010	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$56,0232015-2019	$59,8752020-2024	+6.9%	Within the margin of error	13%
Poverty rate	13.0%2015-2019	13.9%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	24.3%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent-burdened households	48.4%2015-2019	41.6%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.4%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	39%

“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 Warren, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Warren, 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, Warren, Minnesota itself moved +6.6 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

1,680 residents (±138)

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

711 households (±60)

Warren, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k14%97
$25k–50k29%206
$50k–75k22%159

Homes

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

Owners and renters

711 households (±60)

Warren, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own65%463
Rent35%248

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

739 workers (±72)

Warren, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone81%598
Carpool8.7%†64
Public transit0.0%0

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 Marshall County, the county holding most of Warren's residents.

Marshall County has 259 employer establishments, 293 for every 10,000 residents (1.18× the US rate of 248; 1.09× Minnesota's), with 1,525 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,879. The Census Bureau also counts 661 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 259; 661 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 293; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 1,525
Average annual pay: $57,879; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	28	31.7	2.05×More than typical	72	$75,764	69
Religious organizations	20	22.7	4.08×More than typical	53	$14,057	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	16	18.1	4.13×More than typical	51	$44,294	10
Other specialty trade contractors	14	15.9	6.32×More than typical	32	$90,125	22
Restaurants and other eating places	12	13.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	70	$11,329	—
Construction of buildings	11	12.5	1.65×More than typical	13	$68,462	23
Truck transportation	10	11.3	2.24×More than typical	17	$61,882	35
Banks and credit unions	9	10.2	3.16×Too few to compare	59	$66,441	—
Civic and social organizations	9	10.2	13.9×Too few to compare	43	$8,116	—
Full-service restaurants	9	10.2	1.33×Too few to compare	68	$10,074	—
Heavy and civil engineering construction	9	10.2	8.89×Too few to compare	40	$248,975	6
Building equipment contractors	8	9.1	1.51×Too few to compare	34	$60,971	10

Rank places for an industry Open Marshall County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,828 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: Warren is mostly in Marshall County.

See federal money in Marshall 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.

Warren, 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.

Marshall County87100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Marshall 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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