Hennepin County, Minnesota

Hennepin County has a population of 1,269,496 and has grown 0.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $392,900, about 4.0 times the county's median household income of $97,653.

Home price
$392,900
Income
$97,653
Population
1,269,496
Unemployment
4.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$392,900county
Median gross rent$1,487county
Median year homes here were built1973county
Share of homes built before 198059.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented37.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,766county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,709county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,405county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,262county
Home insurance / yr$2,729(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living94.6(statewide)
Median household income$97,653county
Family health premium / yr$23,565(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$22,569(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.846(statewide)
Poverty rate10.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home25.2%county
Unemployment rate4.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force71.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.8%county
Share of workers employed by government11.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.5%county
Economic output per resident$152,515county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.14%county
Top state income tax9.85%(statewide)
Capital gains tax10.85%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.14%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service9.5 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport18054481county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station14 micounty
Households without a vehicle9.3%county
Traffic deaths9.8county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0002.5(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher54.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.1%county
Public schools in the county374county
Public school enrollment173636county
Students per full-time teacher15.2county
Free lunch eligible42.4%county
Elementary schools188county
Middle schools50county
High schools94county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above13county
Share of local colleges that are public29.4%county
Two-year institutions4county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians120county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county9county
Hospitals here with an emergency department9county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.4%county
Frequent mental distress14.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity16.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes8.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population1,269,496county
Land area in square miles554county
People per square mile of land2291.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores221county
Convenience stores53county
Share living far from a food store21.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract3.9%county
Population change since 2020+0.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age37.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.6%county
Share of households that are one person34.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States13.6%county
Second languages18.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls51.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents71county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Households that moved in38,182county
Households that moved away40,451county
Average income of arriving households$71,457county
Average income of departing households$94,796county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year3,491county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings56.4%county
Violent crime rate257(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature46.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation31.8 incounty
Annual snowfall40.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.82 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F8 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing142 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days172 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 25county
Average first fall frostOct 14county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$111county
Electric utilities serving this county6county
Electricity price per kWh15.2¢county
Household electricity use751 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$13.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity20.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas75.0%county
Homes heated by propane1.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband92.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk98.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk40.7county
Landslide risk82.4county
Hail risk99.6county
Earthquake risk49.8county
Tornado risk99.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk99.1county
Winter weather risk97.4county
Strong wind risk98.9county
Wildfire risk74.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here3county
NFL teams based here1county
NBA teams based here1county
MLB teams based here1county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Hennepin County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Minnesota figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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