Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety91#80/924
Economy64#332/925
Housing23#711/925
Health89#99/925
Healthcare73#248/923
Environment95#44/917
Education86#132/925
Infrastructure92#76/925
Community95#50/925
Leisure & amenities83#155/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Winona, MN micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Flu vaccinations · high57.0%
98/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Median Air Quality Index · low20
97/1002024U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mammography screening · high59.0%
96/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Premature death · low5,643 /100k
96/100Minnesota 6,407 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
94/100Minnesota 32 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Access to exercise opportunities · high92.5%
94/100Minnesota 86.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

New business applications · low6.9 /1k
2/100Minnesota 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
16/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Distance to an airport · high95 mi
19/100Minnesota 43 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · low42 /100k
20/100Minnesota 90 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Public libraries · low0.4 /10k
25/100Minnesota 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · low1.4 /1k
26/100Minnesota 3.9 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Trends

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

Homicide rateImproving
2.2 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.6 /10k (2020) → 1.2 /10k (2025)
+97%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Grocery storesImproving
0.8 /10k (2020) → 1.4 /10k (2025)
+72%5 yearsUS 1.7 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
21.6% (2020 & 2021) → 30.0% (2023 & 2024)
+8.5 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Preventable hospital staysImproving
2,808 /100k (2019) → 1,726 /100k (2023)
−39%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.5% (2015-2019) → 91.0% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Winona, MN micropolitan area improved on 15 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 9 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Grocery stores+72%0.8 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Gyms+97%0.6 /10k → 1.2 /10k
Homicides−100%2.7 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Arts & recreation+37%5.6 /10k → 7.7 /10k
Traffic deaths−7.4%8.7 /100k → 8.0 /100k

Declined5

Transit use−1.2 points1.9% → 0.7%
Pharmacies−30%1.4 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Overdose deaths+17%10.7 /100k → 12.5 /100k
Suicides+10%13.7 /100k → 15.1 /100k
Price / income+0.5×2.8× → 3.3×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Winona, MN micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.6 /10k2020	7.7 /10k2025	+37%	Improved	92%
Average commute time	18.2 min2015-2019	17.6 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Average weekly wage	$8972020	$1,0452025	+16%	Improved	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%2015-2019	32.7%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Improved	46%
Broadband subscriptions	83.5%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	10.1%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Distance to an airport	95 mi2020	95 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.7 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+17%	Declined	19%
Effective property tax rate	0.93%2015-2019	0.86%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Firearm deaths	8.6 /100k2020	8.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5.8%	Improved	58%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+72%	Improved	99%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+97%	Improved	95%
High school diploma or higher	93.5%2015-2019	94.1%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	42%
Homicide rate	2.7 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,1962019	$71,0152024	+31%	Improved	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4342015-2019	0.4512020-2024	+0.017	Within the margin of error	18%
Median household income	$59,3292015-2019	$70,7442020-2024	+19%	Improved	11%
New business applications	5.1 /1k2020	6.9 /1k2025	+34%	Improved	32%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−30%	Declined	9%
Poverty rate	12.9%2015-2019	14.8%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Property crime rate	1,753 /100k2020	1,441 /100k2025	−18%	Improved	20%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+0.6%	Little change	68%
Public transit commuters	1.9%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Declined	12%
Rent as share of income	28.0%2015-2019	30.6%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Rent-burdened households	46.0%2015-2019	50.9%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Restaurants and bars	12.7 /10k2020	12.1 /10k2025	−4.8%	Little change	26%
Suicide rate	13.7 /100k2020	15.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+10%	Declined	38%
Traffic deaths	8.7 /100k2015-2019	8.0 /100k2020-2024	−7.4%	Improved	75%
Unemployment rate	4.9%2020	3.2%2025	−1.7 points	Improved	15%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.9%2015-2019	6.2%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Violent crime rate	150 /100k2020	124 /100k2025	−18%	Improved	52%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Winona, MN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Winona, MN micropolitan area 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, Winona, MN micropolitan area itself moved −3 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

49,779 residents

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

20,253 households (±333)

Winona, MN micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k15%3,128
$25k–50k21%4,276
$50k–75k16%3,236

Homes

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

Owners and renters

20,253 households (±333)

Winona, MN micropolitan area
United States share

Own69%14,073
Rent31%6,180

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

27,369 workers (±590)

Winona, MN micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone76%20,860
Carpool5.8%1,578
Public transit0.7%†194

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 no occupation wages for Winona, MN micropolitan area.

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.

Winona, MN has 1,145 employer establishments, 229 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248), with 23,937 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,167. The Census Bureau also counts 3,248 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,145; 3,248 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 229; US 248
Paid employees: 23,937
Average annual pay: $48,167; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	84	16.8	1.09×About typical	531	$72,190	204
Restaurants and other eating places	78	15.6	0.85×About typical	1,317	$16,877	10
Ambulatory health care services	53	10.6	0.51×Fewer than typical	748	$50,307	89
Building equipment contractors	39	7.8	1.30×More than typical	408	$73,002	21
Full-service restaurants	37	7.4	0.97×About typical	491	$18,358	6
Religious organizations	35	7	1.26×More than typical	337	$22,914	—
Truck transportation	34	6.8	1.35×More than typical	203	$56,783	93
Limited-service restaurants	33	6.6	0.82×About typical	711	$16,319	—
Lessors of real estate	31	6.2	0.50×Fewer than typical	64	$31,828	333
Automotive repair and maintenance	30	6	1.19×About typical	107	$42,364	59
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	27	5.4	4.46×More than typical	311	$10,225	5
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	26	5.2	1.96×More than typical	276	$14,772	33

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 49,904 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $5.2M on contracts performed in Winona, MN micropolitan area: $102 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5.2M; −49% vs FY2025
Per resident: $102; US $1,994
Sole-source: 6.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.5%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$4.6M90%
Department of Veterans Affairs$733K14%
Department of the Navy$365.8K7.1%
Department of the Air Force$135.5K2.6%
Federal Acquisition Service$45.2K0.9%
Social Security Administration$38.5K0.7%
Federal Aviation Administration$13.5K0.3%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$8,2200.2%

Top recipients

PEERLESS CHAIN COMPANY$3.5M68%
MISSISSIPPI WELDERS SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.$1.3M25%
SAINT ANNE OF WINONA$733K14%
ABHE & SVOBODA, INC.$661.2K13%
CYTEC ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.$288.6K5.6%

Spending by fiscal year

10.6MFY2017
5.1MFY2018
6.4MFY2019
5.9MFY2020
9.6MFY2021
4.8MFY2022
25.2MFY2023
13.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$3.5M68%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$1.2M24%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$733K14%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$661.2K13%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251$288.6K5.6%
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333

Largest awards

LOCK AND DAM 5 ROUTINE GATE MAINTENANCE$24.8M
ABHE & SVOBODA, INC.· Winona County, MN· Construction & real property· Sep 18, 2023 – Jun 3, 2026· W912ES23C0011
COMPOSITES FOR ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY (CAAM)$15.1M
CYTEC ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.· Winona County, MN· Research & development· Sep 27, 2024 – Feb 4, 2026· FA239424CB050
GUIDEWALL CRIB REPAIRS AT LOCK&DAM 8 AND 9$2M
DUBUQUE BARGE AND FLEETING SERVICE CO· Winona County, MN· Construction & real property· Aug 17, 2017 – Jun 12, 2026· W912ES17C0005
8512176845!CHAIN, TIE DOWN,CARGO,AIRC

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $320.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Winona, MN micropolitan area: $6,343 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $320.5M; +3.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,343; US $12,955
Loan face value: $6.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$204.9M64%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$19.6M6.1%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$18.8M5.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$18.8M5.9%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$13.6M4.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$11.7M3.7%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$6.5M2.0%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$5.8M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$30.3M9.4%
SAINT PAUL, MN
WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY$9.9M3.1%
WINONA, MN
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES$3.2M1.0%
WINONA, MN
SAINT MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$2.8M0.9%
WINONA, MN
HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF WIN

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$240.7M75%
Federal Highway Administration$30.3M9.4%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$21.1M6.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$15.3M4.8%
Farm Service Agency$6.9M2.2%

Assistance by fiscal year

296.8MFY2021
257.7MFY2022
267.7MFY2023
275.4MFY2024
309.8MFY2025
320.5MFY2026

County aggregates

82%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Winona, MN

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Winona CountyCentral county9450,523

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

WinonaPrincipal city26,009

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Minnesota

Areas based in Minnesota, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Winona, MN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Winona, MN

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Minnesota

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved15

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought