DellwoodMN
A town of 1,148, platted in 1882.
Is Dellwood a good place to live?
The best of Dellwood’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes, health, and schools; the weakest is a C− for walkability. 67% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Dellwood, against 33% in Minnesota’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 9 of Minnesota’s 574 towns score higher on incomes. The biggest park or preserve is Schuneman Wildlife Preserve, at 85 acres. Dellwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Dellwood stand out
Where Dellwood beats most towns.
1,148 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Dellwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Dellwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
U.S. Bank Stadium and 70 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dellwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
13 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
15 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
14 mi Stadium & arenaAllianz Field
12 mi MuseumMinnesota State CapitolPhoto credits
U.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Allianz Field: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0 · Minnesota State Capitol: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Dellwood: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dellwood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Dellwood.
A typical Dellwood home is worth about $941K
The typical Dellwood home is worth about $941,000, up 3.5% in a year, more than twice the Minnesota typical home. 97% of Dellwood households own their home, above both Minnesota’s towns (75%) and U.S. towns (73%).
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Dellwood stands out in Minnesota and nationally: a smaller share of its adults sleep under 7 hours
22% of Dellwood adults sleep under 7 hours. Dellwood beats the Minnesota average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 8.6% of Dellwood adults smoke cigarettes.
| Dellwood | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Dellwood | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.2% | 11.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.2% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median household income in Dellwood is higher than in most of Minnesota or the rest of the country
Dellwood’s median household income is $225,000. Since 2013, Dellwood has added 165 jobs, to 297 in 2023. 4.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Dellwood.
| Dellwood | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $225,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 25% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Dellwood
Dellwood has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 6° and about 40 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Dellwood
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Dellwood
2.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Dellwood is 0.9 miles per square mile. Among 273 Minnesota towns, just 8 have a lower share of conserved land than Dellwood.
| Dellwood | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Schuneman Wildlife Preserve | — | 85 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Dellwood
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of Dellwood
About 4 of every 100 Dellwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Dellwood has grown 8% since 2010
1,063 counted in 2010 and 1,171 in 2020; an estimated 1,148 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
About Dellwood
City in Minnesota, United States
Dellwood is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States and a suburb of St. Paul. As of the 2020 census, Dellwood had a population of 1,171.
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- Area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 942 ft
- Area code
- 651
Questions about Dellwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dellwood, MN expensive?
Yes. That is 9.4 years of the area's median household income ($99,833 across the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.