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Place dossier plate
SheetMN-ZIMMERMAN-MN · Zimmerman, MN 6,410 pop · income 67th 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 Zimmerman
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Zimmerman on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Dillon · lowest
34,964
Dillon · lowest
34,964 median HH income
24.4% of the leader · rank #1
Clay · near
86,163
Clay · near
86,163 median HH income
60.1% of the leader · rank #2
Gray CDP (Som… · near
86,164
Gray CDP (Som… · near
86,164 median HH income
60.1% of the leader · rank #3
West Haverstr… · near
86,167
West Haverstr… · near
86,167 median HH income
60.2% of the leader · rank #4
Zimmerman · this city
86,169
Zimmerman · this city
86,169 median HH income
60.2% of the leader · rank #5
Howell · near
86,176
Howell · near
86,176 median HH income
60.2% of the leader · rank #6
Corcoran · highest
143,250
Corcoran · highest
143,250 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Zimmerman on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 6,410.
Zimmerman ranks in the 67th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
67th
percentile, household income
62nd
percentile, home value
36th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Zimmerman, MN
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 6,410 residents in Zimmerman, a small town within Minnesota. Zimmerman households earn a median of $86,169 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.0%. Zimmerman's housing stock carries a median value of $284,600, and the median resident age is 32.3 years. About 21.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 77.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 52 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Rapid Growth), up 24% from five years earlier.
Minnesota tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Minnesota scores 98.6 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,125 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Minnesota's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). 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 Zimmerman'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 work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Zimmerman, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Zimmerman?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 65.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Zimmerman?
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 11.0%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Zimmerman?
Within Minnesota, the closest population matches are Byron (6,510 residents, $121,681 income); Litchfield (6,599 residents, $57,539 income); Jordan (6,704 residents, $110,139 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ramtown, NJ (6,410 residents); Cynthiana, KY (6,412 residents); Gun Barrel City, TX (6,408 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.
Is Zimmerman growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +664 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +10.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 52 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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 Zimmerman?
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 21.4% 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
4
Bachelor's degree+
21.4%
Poverty estimate
11.0%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 11.0% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.6 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Minnesota average
D
City profile score · Zimmerman, MN
48/100
4 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.
Household income B-
$86,169
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
21.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
11.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Zimmerman profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 65/100 (B-) · $86,169
Cost of living: 46/100 (D) · 98.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 38/100 (F) · 21.4%
Poverty rate: 36/100 (F) · 11.0%
How does Zimmerman compare to other US cities?
Zimmerman measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income67% higher than other cities
Home value62% pricier than other cities
Median rent36% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Zimmerman 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 Zimmerman near the bottom of Minnesota's cities
Among the 785 Minnesota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Zimmerman ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Zimmerman only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#216 of 775
72nd percentile in Minnesota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 785
0th percentile in Minnesota
Median Home Value
#164 of 774
79th percentile in Minnesota
Poverty Rate
#167 of 785
78th percentile in Minnesota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#364 of 784
53rd 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
67th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Zimmerman's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$284,60038th 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
Zimmerman'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
#8,138 of 15,516
More affordable than 48% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,662 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, Zimmerman sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,138 of 15,516 and #6,662 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$86,169Zimmerman, MN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Zimmerman, 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 Zimmerman, MN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)77.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
6,410
Median Income
$86,169
Median Home Value
$284,600
Median Age
32.3
Poverty Rate
11.0%
Labor force participation
77.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.4%
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Zimmerman's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
6,240 residents
2021
6,402 residents
2022
6,519 residents
2023
6,750 residents
2024
6,759 residents
2025
6,904 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
52
housing units authorized
Single-Family
38
detached homes
Multifamily
14
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
8.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
42
42
0
$10.9M
2020
59
51
8
$14.6M
2021
45
25
20
$11.2M
2022
94
15
79
$16.4M
2023
13
11
2
$3.4M
2024
52
38
14
$12.9M
Permit volume increased 24% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
65.3%
Carpool
19.6%
Public Transit
1.3%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
13.9%
Based on 3,726 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 Zimmerman. 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 Zimmerman 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 Zimmerman sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Zimmerman 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, 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.