Pennington County, Minnesota

Pennington County has a population of 13,791 and has shrunk 2.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $195,500, about 2.5 times the county's median household income of $77,325.

Home price
$195,500
Income
$77,325
Population
13,791
Unemployment
2.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$195,500county
Median gross rent$862county
Median year homes here were built1974county
Share of homes built before 198060.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented27.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,260county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,122county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$855county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,496county
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$77,325county
Family health premium / yr$23,565(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$22,569(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.846(statewide)
Poverty rate10.5%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 home9.9%county
Unemployment rate2.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force69.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.3%county
Share of workers employed by government8.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry19.9%county
Economic output per resident$198,876county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.26%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 time12.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service3.1 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport8675county
Miles to nearest general aviation field20 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station46 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.7%county
Traffic deaths65.3county
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 higher21.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.8%county
Public schools in the county6county
Public school enrollment2000county
Students per full-time teacher15.3county
Free lunch eligible39.4%county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools1county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution30 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians80county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter6.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.8%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 distress15.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity20.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.8%county

Place

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

Population13,791county
Land area in square miles617county
People per square mile of land22.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store35.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-2.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age39.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.3%county
Share of households that are one person35.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.6%county
Second languages5.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls61.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents229county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-7county
Households that moved in368county
Households that moved away395county
Average income of arriving households$39,171county
Average income of departing households$63,476county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings38.4%(statewide)
Violent crime rate257(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature40.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation17.2 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.57 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F3 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing172 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days144 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 13county
Average first fall frostOct 5county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$95county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh11.3¢county
Household electricity use842 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$13.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity25.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas46.5%county
Homes heated by propane21.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.3%county
Homes heated by wood1.9%county
Households with broadband88.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk67.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk70.2county
Landslide risk18.4county
Hail risk41.3county
Earthquake risk2.7county
Tornado risk26.4county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk14.6county
Winter weather risk76.7county
Strong wind risk20.9county
Wildfire risk82.3county

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 Pennington 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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