Rice County, Minnesota

Rice County has a population of 67,917 and has grown 4.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $320,200, about 3.9 times the county's median household income of $83,181.

Home price
$320,200
Income
$83,181
Population
67,917
Unemployment
4.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$320,200county
Median gross rent$1,083county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198053.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented23.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,554county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,187county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$905county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,534county
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$83,181county
Family health premium / yr$23,565(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$22,569(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.846(statewide)
Poverty rate10.2%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 home12.0%county
Unemployment rate4.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.9%county
Share of workers employed by government12.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry28.8%county
Economic output per resident$60,123county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.97%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 time21.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service35 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport18054481county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.9 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 station38 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.6%county
Traffic deaths16.2county
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 higher30.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.7%county
Public schools in the county28county
Public school enrollment8230county
Students per full-time teacher13.5county
Free lunch eligible46.2%county
Elementary schools10county
Middle schools4county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution7.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians86county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.6%county
Frequent mental distress15.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity20.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.9%county

Place

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

Population67,917county
Land area in square miles496county
People per square mile of land137.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store22.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract20.7%county
Population change since 2020+4.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age37.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.6%county
Share of households that are one person29.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States8.7%county
Second languages13.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls56.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents100county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents0county
Households that moved in1,619county
Households that moved away1,879county
Average income of arriving households$67,446county
Average income of departing households$64,476county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year100county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate257(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature46.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation33.3 incounty
Annual snowfall30.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.82 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F6 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing143 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days150 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 7county
Average first fall frostOct 4county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$116county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh14.8¢county
Household electricity use828 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$13.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity17.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas65.2%county
Homes heated by propane14.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood1.4%county
Households with broadband91.8%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk77.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk53.0county
Landslide risk69.0county
Hail risk94.1county
Earthquake risk12.8county
Tornado risk89.4county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk51.3county
Winter weather risk73.8county
Strong wind risk96.2county
Wildfire risk33.0county

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 Rice 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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