Isanti County, Minnesota

Isanti County has a population of 42,596 and has grown 7.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $306,200, about 3.5 times the county's median household income of $87,440.

Home price
$306,200
Income
$87,440
Population
42,596
Unemployment
4.1%

Housing

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

Median home price$306,200county
Median gross rent$1,273county
Median year homes here were built1988county
Share of homes built before 198042.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented16.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,517county
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$87,440county
Family health premium / yr$23,565(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$22,569(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.846(statewide)
Poverty rate7.5%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 home12.2%county
Unemployment rate4.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force67.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.4%county
Share of workers employed by government13.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.2%county
Economic output per resident$37,402county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.01%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 time30.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service39 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport23885county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station42 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.9%county
Traffic deaths23.5county
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 higher20.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.2%county
Public schools in the county20county
Public school enrollment5980county
Students per full-time teacher16.6county
Free lunch eligible35.4%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools4county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution25 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians69county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter6.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.4%county
Frequent mental distress15.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity21.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.3%county

Place

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

Population42,596county
Land area in square miles436county
People per square mile of land97.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store22.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract36.3%county
Population change since 2020+7.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age40.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.2%county
Share of households that are one person25.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.4%county
Second languages2.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls20.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents100county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents15county
Households that moved in1,471county
Households that moved away1,394county
Average income of arriving households$61,894county
Average income of departing households$58,603county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes16county
Housing units authorised in the latest year276county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings30.8%county
Violent crime rate257(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature45.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation27.1 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.76 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F5 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing154 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days161 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 1county
Average first fall frostOct 9county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$122county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh15.3¢county
Household electricity use796 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$13.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity11.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas50.9%county
Homes heated by propane31.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.0%county
Homes heated by wood3.5%county
Households with broadband90.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk44.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk32.3county
Landslide risk35.8county
Hail risk60.5county
Earthquake risk2.6county
Tornado risk50.7county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk37.8county
Winter weather risk25.1county
Strong wind risk50.3county
Wildfire risk65.0county

Sports

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

Figures marked county are measured for Isanti 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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