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SheetMN-ROBBINSDALE-MN · Robbinsdale, MN 14,318 pop · income 66th 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 Robbinsdale
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Robbinsdale on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Candelaria co… · lowest
38,884
Candelaria co… · lowest
38,884 median HH income
21.9% of the leader · rank #1
Malcolm · near
84,712
Malcolm · near
84,712 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #2
Robbinsdale · this city
84,719
Robbinsdale · this city
84,719 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #3
Arthur · near
84,722
Arthur · near
84,722 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #4
Delshire · near
84,722
Delshire · near
84,722 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #5
Moro · near
84,744
Moro · near
84,744 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #6
Bradley Garde… · highest
177,590
Bradley Garde… · highest
177,590 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 Robbinsdale 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: 14,318.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Robbinsdale - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Robbinsdale lands in the 66th percentile for household income and the 29th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
66th
percentile, household income
62nd
percentile, home value
36th
percentile, median rent
29th
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: Robbinsdale, MN
14,318 people live in Robbinsdale, Minnesota - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Robbinsdale report a median income of $84,719 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 7.1%. Typical homes in Robbinsdale are valued around $280,400, and the median resident age is 38.3 years. About 40.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 70.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 1 residential building permits were authorized in Robbinsdale (Construction Slowdown), down 67% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 2156.7 incidents per 100,000 residents, near the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not 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. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Minnesota, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Robbinsdale report an average commute of 17.9 minutes, with 71.3% driving alone and 17.7% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 42.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Robbinsdale'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 housing and income to reported crime to population change 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 Robbinsdale, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
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.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Robbinsdale?
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.
Within Minnesota, the closest population matches are North Mankato (14,212 residents, $77,571 income); Brainerd (14,474 residents, $53,705 income); Fergus Falls (14,138 residents, $50,865 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Candelaria comunidad, PR (14,319 residents); Bradley Gardens, NJ (14,315 residents); Hobe Sound, FL (14,313 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Robbinsdale?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Robbinsdale?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2156.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 5% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
Is Robbinsdale growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -555 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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.
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 Robbinsdale?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 17.9 minutes.
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.
Drive alone
71.3%
Work from home
17.7%
Public transit
2.6%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 8,059 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for Robbinsdale?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 40.2% 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.
Poverty estimate
7.1%
Bachelor's degree+
40.2%
Matched public schools
2
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 7.1% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.6 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Minnesota average
C-
City profile score · Robbinsdale, MN
51/100
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 B+
40.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C+
$84,719
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C-
7.1%
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.
Violent crime F
385 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Robbinsdale profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 75/100 (B+) · 40.2%
Household income: 64/100 (C+) · $84,719
Poverty rate: 52/100 (C-) · 7.1%
Cost of living: 46/100 (D) · 98.6 index
Violent crime: 23/100 (F) · 385 /100k
Where Robbinsdale sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Robbinsdale'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 - Robbinsdale highlighted among 27 peers.Read the chart values
Robbinsdale, MN (this city): home $280,400, crime 2,157/100k
Covington, GA : home $242,700, crime 4,465/100k
North Mankato, MN : home $252,700, crime 999/100k
Brainerd, MN : home $178,600, crime 2,210/100k
Fergus Falls, MN : home $173,300, crime 2,569/100k
New Ulm, MN : home $192,700, crime 1,090/100k
Alexandria, MN : home $247,200, crime 1,810/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Robbinsdale compare to other US cities?
Here's how Robbinsdale stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income66% higher than other cities
Home value62% pricier than other cities
Median rent36% pricier than other cities
Safety29% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Minnesota alone, Robbinsdale ranks #195 of 229 Minnesota cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Robbinsdale 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 Robbinsdale near the bottom of Minnesota's cities
Among the 785 Minnesota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Robbinsdale ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Robbinsdale only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#228 of 775
71st percentile in Minnesota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 785
0th percentile in Minnesota
Median Home Value
#176 of 774
77th percentile in Minnesota
Poverty Rate
#305 of 785
61st percentile in Minnesota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#108 of 784
86th 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
66th percentile nationally for median household income · 29th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Robbinsdale's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Robbinsdale'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 Robbinsdale's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$280,40038th percentilemore affordable than 38% 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
Robbinsdale's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,175 of 15,516
More affordable than 47% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,297 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.3×, Robbinsdale sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,175 of 15,516 and #1,297 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
$84,719Robbinsdale, MN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Robbinsdale, 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 Robbinsdale, MN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)40.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)70.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
14,318
Median Income
$84,719
Median Home Value
$280,400
Median Age
38.3
Poverty Rate
7.1%
Labor force participation
70.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
40.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2156.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
384.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1771.8
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
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Robbinsdale's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
14,585 residents
2021
14,273 residents
2022
14,236 residents
2023
14,039 residents
2024
14,047 residents
2025
14,030 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
1
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
3
3
0
$0.9M
2020
4
4
0
$1.2M
2021
120
2
118
$24.6M
2022
1
1
0
$0.2M
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
1
1
0
$0.2M
Permit volume decreased 67% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
17.9 minutes
Drive Alone
71.3%
Carpool
5.9%
Public Transit
2.6%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
17.7%
Other
1.9%
Based on 8,059 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 Robbinsdale. 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 Robbinsdale 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 Robbinsdale sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Robbinsdale 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.