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Place dossier plate
SheetMN-NEW-BRIGHTON-MN · New Brighton, MN 22,900 pop · income 68th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around New Brighton
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest New Brighton on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Duncan · lowest
57,020
Duncan · lowest
57,020 median HH income
36.1% of the leader · rank #1
New Brighton · this city
87,272
New Brighton · this city
87,272 median HH income
55.3% of the leader · rank #2
Fairbanks · near
87,273
Fairbanks · near
87,273 median HH income
55.3% of the leader · rank #3
Williamsburg · near
87,273
Williamsburg · near
87,273 median HH income
55.3% of the leader · rank #4
Oostburg · near
87,276
Oostburg · near
87,276 median HH income
55.3% of the leader · rank #5
Lacey · near
87,277
Lacey · near
87,277 median HH income
55.3% of the leader · rank #6
Calabasas · highest
157,938
Calabasas · highest
157,938 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for New Brighton on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 22,900.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
New Brighton - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, New Brighton lands in the 68th percentile for household income and the 52nd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
68th
percentile, household income
71st
percentile, home value
36th
percentile, median rent
52nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: New Brighton, MN
22,900 people live in New Brighton, Minnesota - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in New Brighton report a median income of $87,272 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.9%. New Brighton's housing stock carries a median value of $345,900, and the median resident age is 37.1 years. 49.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 67.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 18 residential building permits were authorized in New Brighton (Construction Slowdown), down 90% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. New Brighton reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1312.3 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Minnesota tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Minnesota at 98.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,125 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Minnesota's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). Workers in New Brighton report an average commute of 17.5 minutes, with 68.6% driving alone and 17.1% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 42.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of New Brighton's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to reported crime to population change to housing and income to work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For New Brighton, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for New Brighton?
Within Minnesota, the closest population matches are Crystal (22,685 residents, $86,752 income); Champlin (23,450 residents, $115,719 income); Farmington (23,675 residents, $118,556 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are West Springfield, VA (22,905 residents); Keene, NH (22,923 residents); Watertown, WI (22,873 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What can the FBI record say about safety in New Brighton?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1312.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 42% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Is New Brighton growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -1,141 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -4.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 18 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in New Brighton?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 4.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in New Brighton?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 17.5 minutes.
Public transit
1.1%
Work from home
17.1%
Drive alone
68.6%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 11,788 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for New Brighton?
The NCES join finds 9 public schools within the city match. 49.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
9
Bachelor's degree+
49.0%
Poverty estimate
5.9%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 5.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.6 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Minnesota average
B-
City profile score · New Brighton, MN
65/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A-
49.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime B
91 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income B-
$87,272
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living D
98.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
New Brighton profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 49.0%
Violent crime: 73/100 (B) · 91 /100k
Household income: 67/100 (B-) · $87,272
Poverty rate: 60/100 (C+) · 5.9%
Cost of living: 46/100 (D) · 98.6 index
Where New Brighton sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
New Brighton's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - New Brighton highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
New Brighton, MN (this city): home $345,900, crime 1,312/100k
Keene, NH : home $232,500, crime 2,352/100k
Watertown, WI : home $211,500, crime 1,238/100k
Duncan, OK : home $125,800, crime 2,425/100k
Calabasas, CA : home $1,453,900, crime 1,466/100k
Corinth, TX : home $351,200, crime 740/100k
Crystal, MN : home $280,500, crime 2,505/100k
Champlin, MN : home $338,400, crime 1,252/100k
Farmington, MN : home $345,100, crime 413/100k
Hastings, MN : home $294,100, crime 1,113/100k
Columbia Heights, MN : home $259,900, crime 2,506/100k
Golden Valley, MN : home $423,500, crime 1,053/100k
How does New Brighton compare to other US cities?
Where New Brighton sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income68% higher than other cities
Home value71% pricier than other cities
Median rent36% pricier than other cities
Safety52% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Minnesota, New Brighton ranks #146 of 229 Minnesota cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares New Brighton against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Minnesota only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Minnesota-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places New Brighton near the bottom of Minnesota's cities
Among the 785 Minnesota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, New Brighton ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares New Brighton only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#203 of 775
74th percentile in Minnesota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 785
0th percentile in Minnesota
Median Home Value
#100 of 774
87th percentile in Minnesota
Poverty Rate
#357 of 785
54th percentile in Minnesota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#67 of 784
91st percentile in Minnesota
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Minnesota only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
68th percentile nationally for median household income · 52nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
New Brighton's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
New Brighton's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How New Brighton's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$345,90029th percentilemore affordable than 29% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
New Brighton's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,604 of 15,516
More affordable than 32% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,952 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.0×, New Brighton sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,604 of 15,516 and #1,952 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$87,272New Brighton, MN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context New Brighton, MN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for New Brighton, MN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)49.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
22,900
Median Income
$87,272
Median Home Value
$345,900
Median Age
37.1
Poverty Rate
5.9%
Labor force participation
67.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
49.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1312.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
90.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1221.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
9
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
New Brighton's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
23,300 residents
2021
22,769 residents
2022
22,300 residents
2023
22,159 residents
2024
22,168 residents
2025
22,159 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
18
housing units authorized
Single-Family
18
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
172
18
154
$24.4M
2020
26
26
0
$4.9M
2021
28
28
0
$5.4M
2022
19
19
0
$3.6M
2023
17
17
0
$3.3M
2024
18
18
0
$3.5M
Permit volume decreased 90% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
17.5 minutes
Drive Alone
68.6%
Carpool
8.5%
Public Transit
1.1%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
17.1%
Other
3.3%
Based on 11,788 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Minnesota statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Minnesota at $225 (electricity about $95 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Minnesota statewide averages, not a meter reading for New Brighton. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Minnesota's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around New Brighton is $1,125/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Minnesota statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 42.4 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Minnesota statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county New Brighton sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How New Brighton compares to similar-size Minnesota cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.