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SheetMN-WOODBURY-MN · Woodbury, MN 76,945 pop · income 89th pct · 59 tracts
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 Woodbury
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Woodbury on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hammond · lowest
53,950
Hammond · lowest
53,950 median HH income
39.1% of the leader · rank #1
Bloomingdale · near
126,221
Bloomingdale · near
126,221 median HH income
91.4% of the leader · rank #2
Woodbury · this city
126,222
Woodbury · this city
126,222 median HH income
91.4% of the leader · rank #3
Carmel · near
126,224
Carmel · near
126,224 median HH income
91.4% of the leader · rank #4
Freedom Acres · near
126,250
Freedom Acres · near
126,250 median HH income
91.4% of the leader · rank #5
Platte Woods · near
126,250
Platte Woods · near
126,250 median HH income
91.4% of the leader · rank #6
Lakeville · highest
138,119
Lakeville · highest
138,119 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 Woodbury 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: 76,945.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Woodbury - the verdict
Woodbury ranks in the 89th percentile for household income and the 53rd percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
89th
percentile, household income
80th
percentile, home value
36th
percentile, median rent
53rd
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: Woodbury, MN
Woodbury is a small city in Minnesota, home to 76,945 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Woodbury report a median income of $126,222 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.1%. Home values in Woodbury run a median of $434,900, and the median resident age is 37.9 years. 63.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 70.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 451 residential building permits were authorized in Woodbury (Construction Slowdown), down 35% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Woodbury reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1278.7 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Minnesota tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 98.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. 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. 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 Woodbury'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 within-city variation to comparison shortlist to reported crime to work and mobility to schools and households to housing and income to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Woodbury, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
What can 59 Census tracts reveal inside Woodbury?
PlainCities matches 59 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Woodbury?
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 Plymouth (79,526 residents, $133,865 income); Lakeville (72,480 residents, $138,119 income); Blaine (71,261 residents, $103,382 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Alameda, CA (76,876 residents); Wyoming, MI (76,865 residents); Rapid City, SD (76,836 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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Woodbury?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1278.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 44% 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Woodbury?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 64.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
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.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Woodbury?
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.
The NCES join finds 19 public schools within the city match. 63.2% 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
4.1%
Bachelor's degree+
63.2%
Matched public schools
19
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Woodbury?
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 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.4×
Home value
$434,900
Household income
$126,222
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Is Woodbury growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +6,085 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +8.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 451 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 upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
75,473
2025 estimate
81,558
Period change
+8.1%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Minnesota average
B
City profile score · Woodbury, MN
74/100
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+
63.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A
$126,222
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B
4.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B
99 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger 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.
Woodbury profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) · 63.2%
Household income: 89/100 (A) · $126,222
Poverty rate: 71/100 (B) · 4.1%
Violent crime: 71/100 (B) · 99 /100k
Cost of living: 46/100 (D) · 98.6 index
Where Woodbury sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Woodbury'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 - Woodbury highlighted among 13 peers.Read the chart values
Woodbury, MN (this city): home $434,900, crime 1,279/100k
Alameda, CA : home $1,203,900, crime 5,231/100k
Wyoming, MI : home $203,900, crime 2,616/100k
Rapid City, SD : home $270,000, crime 4,511/100k
Bethlehem, PA : home $236,500, crime 1,575/100k
Hammond, IN : home $141,700, crime 3,814/100k
Schaumburg, IL : home $312,200, crime 2,489/100k
Plymouth, MN : home $474,700, crime 1,075/100k
Lakeville, MN : home $425,200, crime 648/100k
Blaine, MN : home $327,500, crime 1,500/100k
Maple Grove, MN : home $397,400, crime 1,877/100k
St. Cloud, MN : home $212,800, crime 3,323/100k
Brooklyn Park, MN : home $313,500, crime 2,770/100k
How does Woodbury compare to other US cities?
Woodbury measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income89% higher than other cities
Home value80% pricier than other cities
Median rent36% pricier than other cities
Safety53% 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, Woodbury ranks #144 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 Woodbury 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 Woodbury near the bottom of Minnesota's cities
Among the 785 Minnesota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Woodbury ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Woodbury only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#53 of 775
93rd percentile in Minnesota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 785
0th percentile in Minnesota
Median Home Value
#48 of 774
94th percentile in Minnesota
Poverty Rate
#481 of 785
38th percentile in Minnesota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#29 of 784
96th 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
89th percentile nationally for median household income · 53rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Woodbury's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Woodbury'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 Woodbury's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$434,90020th percentilemore affordable than 20% 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
Woodbury's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,765 of 15,516
More affordable than 44% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#202 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 3.4×, Woodbury sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,765 of 15,516 and #202 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
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
$126,222Woodbury, MN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Woodbury, 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 Woodbury, MN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)63.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)70.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
76,945
Median Income
$126,222
Median Home Value
$434,900
Median Age
37.9
Poverty Rate
4.1%
Labor force participation
70.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
63.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1278.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
98.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1179.9
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
19
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Woodbury's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
75,473 residents
2021
77,097 residents
2022
78,606 residents
2023
79,501 residents
2024
80,302 residents
2025
81,558 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
451
housing units authorized
Single-Family
451
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
5.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
695
695
0
$177.0M
2020
891
354
537
$172.5M
2021
927
539
388
$240.5M
2022
745
520
225
$199.7M
2023
469
444
25
$130.6M
2024
451
451
0
$124.8M
Permit volume decreased 35% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
64.3%
Carpool
7.8%
Public Transit
1.2%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
24.7%
Other
1.2%
Based on 40,980 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 Woodbury. 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 Woodbury 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 Woodbury sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Woodbury 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.