Steele County, Minnesota

Steele County has a population of 37,439 and has grown 0.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $245,400, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $84,196.

Home price
$245,400
Income
$84,196
Population
37,439
Unemployment
3.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$245,400county
Median gross rent$1,061county
Median year homes here were built1975county
Share of homes built before 198058.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented20.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,186county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,142county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$870county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,549county
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$84,196county
Family health premium / yr$23,565(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$22,569(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.846(statewide)
Poverty rate8.3%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 home8.7%county
Unemployment rate3.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force66.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.0%county
Share of workers employed by government14.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.0%county
Economic output per resident$76,778county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.21%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 time19.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service37 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport98537county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.5 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 station48 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.2%county
Traffic deaths32.1county
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 higher28.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.7%county
Public schools in the county17county
Public school enrollment6825county
Students per full-time teacher14.6county
Free lunch eligible40.3%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools2county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution27 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians59county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter6.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.0%county
Frequent mental distress14.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity20.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.0%county

Place

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

Population37,439county
Land area in square miles430county
People per square mile of land87.2county
Supermarkets and grocery stores8county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store20.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract11.6%county
Population change since 2020+0.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age40.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.2%county
Share of households that are one person30.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.3%county
Second languages6.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls61.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents123county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Households that moved in925county
Households that moved away965county
Average income of arriving households$55,983county
Average income of departing households$59,345county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year54county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings40.7%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 precipitation35.6 incounty
Annual snowfall29.9 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.84 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F2 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing143 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days157 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 3county
Average first fall frostOct 7county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$114county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh15.4¢county
Household electricity use740 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$13.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity15.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas70.0%county
Homes heated by propane10.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood1.3%county
Households with broadband87.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk42.2county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk64.2county
Landslide risk31.5county
Hail risk77.3county
Earthquake risk9.5county
Tornado risk71.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk25.5county
Winter weather risk43.3county
Strong wind risk79.7county
Wildfire risk10.5county

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 Steele 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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