Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety98#61/3,096
Economy77#720/3,143
Housing38#1,934/3,140
Health94#180/3,144
Healthcare91#283/3,143
Environment78#700/3,108
Education91#281/3,144
Infrastructure66#1,064/3,144
Community100#4/3,144
Leisure & amenities87#418/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Houston County, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mammography screening · high63.0%
99/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Food environment index · high9.5
99/100Minnesota 9.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Flu vaccinations · high57.0%
98/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Minnesota 8.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
High school diploma or higher · high95.4%
96/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Access to exercise opportunities · high96.6%
96/100Minnesota 86.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.8 /1k
10/100Minnesota 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Job growth · low-3.3%
13/100Minnesota -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Mental health providers · low44 /100k
14/100Minnesota 383 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an airport · high112 mi
18/100Minnesota 43 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an emergency room · high14.2 mi
21/100Minnesota 6.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Effective property tax rate · high1.03%
27/100Minnesota 1.00%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

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

Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.5 /10k (2020) → 1.1 /10k (2025)
+105%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
13.2 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
32.7% (2015-2019) → 48.7% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Drought exposureImproving
23% (2021) → 7% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−16 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Property crime rateImproving
1,046 /100k (2020) → 298 /100k (2025)
−71%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
4.6 /1k (2020) → 7.8 /1k (2025)
+71%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

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, Houston County, Minnesota improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 18 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Property crime−71%1,046 /100k → 298 /100k
Bachelor's++5.3 points24.8% → 30.1%
Weekly wage+30%$727 → $945
New businesses+71%4.6 /1k → 7.8 /1k
Real income+35%$54,807 → $73,967

Declined3

Rent burden+16 points32.7% → 48.7%
Rent / income+5.8 points23.5% → 29.3%
Inequality+0.0380.399 → 0.437

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Houston County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.8 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	+49%	Within the margin of error	90%
Average commute time	22.3 min2015-2019	23.8 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Average weekly wage	$7272020	$9452025	+30%	Improved	84%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Improved	86%
Broadband subscriptions	82.8%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Improved	10%
Child poverty rate	9.3%2019	8.0%2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Distance to an airport	112 mi2020	112 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.6 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	97%
Effective property tax rate	1.10%2015-2019	1.03%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Firearm deaths	8.6 /100k2020	9.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+10%	Within the margin of error	33%
Grocery stores	2.7 /10k2020	3.3 /10k2025	+23%	Within the margin of error	87%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+105%	Within the margin of error	96%
High school diploma or higher	95.1%2015-2019	95.4%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	79%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,8072019	$73,9672024	+35%	Improved	69%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3992015-2019	0.4372020-2024	+0.038	Declined	10%
Median household income	$64,9202019	$77,7352024	+20%	Improved	24%
New business applications	4.6 /1k2020	7.8 /1k2025	+71%	Improved	78%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−32%	Within the margin of error	13%
Poverty rate	7.8%2019	8.6%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Property crime rate	1,046 /100k2020	298 /100k2025	−71%	Improved	96%
Public libraries	2.7 /10k2019	2.7 /10k2024	+0.7%	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent as share of income	23.5%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Declined	7%
Rent-burdened households	32.7%2015-2019	48.7%2020-2024	+16 points	Declined	4%
Restaurants and bars	8.0 /10k2020	8.2 /10k2025	+2.4%	Within the margin of error	56%
Students per teacher	14.1×2019	13.1×2024	−1.1×	Improved	65%
Suicide rate	14.3 /100k2020	14.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	0%	Within the margin of error	58%
Traffic deaths	13.9 /100k2015-2019	11.7 /100k2020-2024	−16%	Within the margin of error	74%
Unemployment rate	4.5%2020	3.3%2025	−1.2 points	Improved	17%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.1%2019	5.5%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Violent crime rate	59 /100k2020	47 /100k2025	−20%	Within the margin of error	56%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Houston County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Houston County, 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, Houston County, Minnesota itself moved −2.1 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

18,653 residents

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 men (−1.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

18,653 residents

Houston County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White93%17,432
Black0.3%†50
Hispanic or Latino1.5%289

Education

13,430 residents (±38)

Houston County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma4.6%620
High school or GED31%4,163
Some college16%2,196

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

8,134 households (±170)

Houston County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k14%1,113
$25k–50k17%1,344
$50k–75k17%1,407
$75k–100k15%1,199
$100k–150k20%1,637
$150k–200k8.1%658
$200k or more9.5%776

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−6.6 points).

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

8,134 households (±170)

Houston County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own83%6,782
Rent17%1,352

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.3 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,238 households (±200)

Houston County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $75037%458
$750–1,00027%†335
$1,000–1,50023%†289

Home values

6,782 homes (±200)

Houston County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k22%1,510
$150k–250k32%2,141
$250k–400k24%1,624

Age of homes

8,774 homes (±42)

Houston County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later6.4%560
2000–20099.0%790
1980–199923%2,022

Size of homes

8,774 homes (±42)

Houston County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio1.6%†141
1 bedroom5.3%461
2 bedrooms20%1,785

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

9,463 workers (±237)

Houston County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone75%7,130
Carpool7.3%692
Public transit0.3%†30
Walk1.9%179
Bike0.3%†24
Work from home14%1,290
Other1.2%†118

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.0 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

8,173 workers (±285)

Houston County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min32%2,606
15–29 min35%2,883
30–44 min23%1,860

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

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 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

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.

Houston County has 394 employer establishments, 211 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Minnesota's), with 4,309 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,473. The Census Bureau also counts 1,448 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 394; 1,448 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 211; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 4,309
Average annual pay: $47,473; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	42	22.5	1.45×More than typical	189	$75,497	132
Religious organizations	23	12.3	2.22×More than typical	167	$20,144	—
Ambulatory health care services	17	9.1	0.44×Fewer than typical	140	$62,843	32
Construction of buildings	17	9.1	1.20×About typical	184	$72,212	60
Restaurants and other eating places	17	9.1	0.50×Fewer than typical	161	$14,932	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	14	7.5	1.11×About typical	73	$64,575	73
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	7	1.38×More than typical	61	$49,049	30
Building equipment contractors	13	7	1.16×About typical	108	$72,167	12
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	13	7	2.21×More than typical	37	$76,514	17
Other specialty trade contractors	12	6.4	2.56×More than typical	35	$87,514	48
Landscaping services	11	5.9	1.68×More than typical	65	$64,954	27
Full-service restaurants	10	5.4	0.70×Fewer than typical	124	$12,798	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 18,682 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $404.9K on contracts performed in Houston County, Minnesota: $22.01 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $404.9K; −87% vs FY2025
Per resident: $22.01; US $1,995
Sole-source: 9.9%; 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$400.7K99%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$4,2001.0%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

715.6KFY2017
1.4MFY2018
1.6MFY2019
2.5MFY2020
1.6MFY2021
430.1KFY2022
1MFY2023
1.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$281K69%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing · 5324$51.8K13%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$35.7K8.8%
Steel product manufacturing from purchased steel · 3312$27.6K6.8%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$15.7K3.9%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379

Largest awards

MODIFY EXISTING WEIR AND CONSTRUCT A NEW ROCK WEIR STRUCTURE AT LOCK AND DAM NO. 07 IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONTRACT DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS.$3.1M
DUBUQUE BARGE AND FLEETING SERVICE CO· Houston County, MN· Construction & real property· Jul 2, 2025 – Oct 16, 2025· W912ES25CA008
W81G6752894811$281K
BRENNAN MARINE INC· Houston County, MN· Equipment maintenance· Nov 17, 2025 – Nov 17, 2025· W912ES26FA014
ARTICULATING AND BOOM LIFT RENTAL$40.9K
RANT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC· Houston County, MN· Equipment maintenance· Nov 3, 2025 – Nov 3, 2025· W912ES26PA005
REPAIR OF CAT D7R-II DOZER

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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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 $136.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Houston County, Minnesota: $7,428 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $136.7M; −6.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,428; US $12,957
Loan face value: $1.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$102.9M75%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$9.3M6.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$7.6M5.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$6M4.4%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$2.8M2.0%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$2.3M1.7%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$1.5M1.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.3M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

WESTBY HOUSING ASSOCIATES, INC.$1.3M1.0%
LA CRESCENT, MN
CITY OF LACRESCENT$229.6K0.2%
LA CRESCENT, MN
ELDERLY HOUSING OF WEST UNION, INC$134K0.1%
LA CRESCENT, MN
CALEDONIA ELDERLY HOUSING A MINNESOTA LP$122.6K0.1%
CALEDONIA, MN
HOUSTON HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

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$117.9M86%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$10.4M7.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$3.4M2.5%
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Retirement Board$2.3M1.7%
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$1.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

115.1MFY2021
116.6MFY2022
126.4MFY2023
133MFY2024
146.1MFY2025
136.7MFY2026

County aggregates

96%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Houston County, Minnesota compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Houston County, Minnesota
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Houston County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$38.26	$1,436
FY2018	$72.94	$1,552
FY2019	$87.73	$1,654
FY2020	$135	$1,880
FY2021	$82.54	$1,810
FY2022	$22.95	$1,917
FY2023	$54.25	$2,079
FY2024	$63.73	$2,047
FY2025	$168	$2,165
FY2026	$22.01 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Houston County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$15.52	$93.28
FY2018	$9.50	$105
FY2019	$44.34	$128
FY2020	$58.26	$145
FY2021	$23.68	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Houston County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$110	$5,748
FY2022	$100.00	$5,221
FY2023	$114	$5,364
FY2024	$247	$5,501
FY2025	$273	$5,732
FY2026	$52.79

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Houston County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$8.00	$298
FY2022	$57.55	$357
FY2023	$35.61	$301
FY2024	$77.03	$319
FY2025	$90.42	$360
FY2026	$17.19

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Houston County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$76.92	$239
FY2022	$70.09	$185
FY2023	$85.37	$229
FY2024	$114	$229
FY2025	$90.60	$249
FY2026	$101

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Houston County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$961	$1,186
FY2022	$385	$465
FY2023	-$35.60	$76.52
FY2024	$154	$120
FY2025	$168	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Houston County, Minnesota
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Houston County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−0.1%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/27055

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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.

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

House

Brad FinstadR-MN-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.9%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Houston County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN95Central county

Cities and towns in Houston County

Places whose residents live mostly in Houston County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
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Calendar years	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−7.2%	−4.2%
2015	−3.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+3.3%
2018	+8.0%	+6.8%
2019	+10.4%	+10.5%
2020	+16.5%	+19.4%
2021	+23.4%	+26.1%
2022	+31.9%	+30.6%
2023	+37.0%	+35.0%
2024	+46.3%	+41.0%
2025	+51.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−4.3%	−5.5%
2015	−2.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+4.1%
2018	+6.5%	+8.9%
2019	+9.1%	+13.5%
2020	+18.2%	+20.8%
2021	+26.1%	+32.1%
2022	+31.2%	+35.4%
2023	+37.5%	+42.9%
2024	+45.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
2014	2.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
2014	+2.9%	−6.9%
2015	−3.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−4.5%	+4.7%
2018	+2.4%	+7.5%
2019	+11.5%	+14.0%
2020	+5.0%	+16.9%
2021	+20.8%	+21.0%
2022	+30.9%	+29.7%
2023	+32.4%	+34.9%
2024	+33.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−10.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+22.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+39.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+52.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+61.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+69.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+80.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.5%	6.2%
2015	3.9%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.5%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	3.4%	3.7%
2020	4.5%	8.1%
2021	3.1%	5.4%
2022	2.2%	3.7%
2023	2.6%	3.6%
2024	2.9%	4.0%
2025	3.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
2014	8.4%	15.5%
2015	8.2%	14.7%
2016	8.5%	14.0%
2017	7.6%	13.4%
2018	8.5%	13.1%
2019	7.8%	12.3%
2020	6.4%	11.9%
2021	7.4%	12.8%
2022	7.5%	12.6%
2023	7.8%	12.5%
2024	8.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.2%	13.5%
2015	4.9%	10.9%
2016	4.7%	10.0%
2017	4.9%	10.2%
2018	4.9%	10.4%
2019	5.1%	10.8%
2020	5.4%	10.4%
2021	4.5%	10.2%
2022	4.2%	9.5%
2023	4.6%	9.5%
2024	5.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Houston County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.8/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined3

Counties like Houston County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

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Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

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Owners and renters

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How people get to work

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Jobs and pay

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Federal contract spending

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Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Houston County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined3

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

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