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Roseau Named One of 20 Best Small Towns In Minnesota

Original Artice Credit: Chris Kolmar, About HomeSnacks

You’ve seen these lists before: Best places to live in Minnesota, Most Beautiful Downtowns, etc., etc. But all of them focus on major cities and towns in the North Star State and no one pays attention to the little guy.

Well, that’s all about to change as we put together a list of the best small towns in Minnesota based on numbers–not opinions or hearsay.

We’ll dive right into our methodology in the next section; but first, we thought you might just want to know which places in Minnesota ranked the based–you know, based on science.

Here’s a look at the 20 Best Small Towns To Live in Minnesota for 2019:

  1. Deephaven, MN
  2. Long Lake, MN
  3. Elko New Market, MN
  4. Carver, MN
  5. Oronoco, MN
  6. Tonka Bay, MN
  7. North Oaks, MN
  8. Cold Spring, MN
  9. Cologne, MN
  10. Wayzata, MN
  11. Lake Crystal, MN
  12. Circle Pines, MN
  13. Bayport, MN
  14. Scanlon, MN
  15. Oak Park Heights, MN
  16. Avon, MN
  17. Roseau, MN
  18. Dilworth, MN
  19. Dellwood, MN
  20. Medford, MN

If you live in one of these small towns like Deephaven, chances are, you’re not surprised. After all, you know how great you have it.

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How We Determined The Coolest Towns In Minnesota

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using the most recent data from the Census’s 2012-2016 American Community Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this is the criteria we used:

  • Population Density (Higher is better)
  • Lowest Unemployment Rates
  • Housing costs (Higher is better. More demand.)
  • Adjusted Median Income (Higher is better)
  • Highly Educated Adults (Higher is better)
  • Insurance Rates (Higher is better)
  • Commute Times (Lower is better)

We looked at places with populations lower than 5,000 people and greater than 1,000, of which, there were a lot – 214 to be exact.

We then ranked each place in each category with scores from 1 to 214, averaged them out, and the lowest scores went to our Best Small Towns in Minnesota. Top of that list — Deephaven.

Science Can Tackle Any Issue, Even Small Ones

We said it once and we’ll say it again — this list: it’s just science. We did the research, we crunched the numbers, and it turns out, these 20 small towns in Minnesota are the best, in which to live.

And who can argue with that?

If you’re curious, here are the worst small towns in Minnesota:

  1. Redby
  2. Menahga
  3. Red Lake

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Article from: https://www.homesnacks.net/best-small-towns-in-minnesota-127609/