Is East Bethel a good place to live?
Good on most counts; one lags. Where it does best is incomes (A): the median household earns $110K. What holds it back is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $420K, 4.2 years of the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. The overall grade lands at B+, 160th of 271 in Minnesota. It comes out better than 70% of U.S. towns. 15% of the land in East Bethel is conserved, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 4.6% and U.S. towns at 4.3%.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · USGS PAD-US.
What makes East Bethel stand out
Where East Bethel beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave East Bethel for work
Where East Bethel’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How East Bethel grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far East Bethel is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to East Bethel: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in East Bethel, 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 East Bethel.
East Bethel sends most of its workers to Minneapolis and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
East Bethel ranks healthier than three in four of the country’s towns
Against the 7,146 U.S. towns with household incomes like East Bethel’s, it is healthier than 55%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
For adults in East Bethel, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 26%. In East Bethel, 20% of adults binge drink, and 31% sleep under 7 hours.
| East Bethel | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 75% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| What stands out | East Bethel | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 11.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in East Bethel beat 57% of Minnesota districts
Below: Two of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked. The St. Francis Area Schools runs its public schools. 4 public schools serve East Bethel, with 1,378 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 680 | B− |
| Crossroads EastLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 14 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
For most of its workers, the job is outside East Bethel
East Bethel has 1,274 jobs for its 6,178 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 32.4 minutes, against 22.7 across Minnesota.
3.5% of East Bethel working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 423, to 1,274. For East Bethel, the typical journey to work is 32 minutes. The median commute is under 21 miles.
| East Bethel | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 7.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 9.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is East Bethel’s year
A winter brings about 56 inches of snow, with January nights at 5° and July afternoons at 82°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
East Bethel earns a B− for cost of living
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 3.5%. The typical rent in East Bethel is $1,695 a month. The share of households in East Bethel who own their home: 92%.
| East Bethel | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,695 a month | $1,192 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
East Bethel has set aside 14.8% of its land for conservation
In 9 parks and preserves, walkers have 12 miles of trail. The biggest park or preserve is Gordie Mikkelson Wildlife Management Area, at 283 acres. East Bethel’s density of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. DNR Natural Area and Lake Access | 0.4 mi | 43 |
| 2. Gordie Mikkelson Wildlife Management Area | — | 283 |
| 3. Helen Allison Savanna Scientific and Natural Area | — | 90 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
East Bethel has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Since 1980, one flood insurance claim has been paid in East Bethel. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities. 59% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by strong winds at 12%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
U.S. Bank Stadium and 69 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Bethel. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
26 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
26 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
29 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
28 mi Stadium & arenaAllianz Field
29 mi LakeBde Maka SkaPhoto credits
U.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allianz Field: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0 · Bde Maka Ska: Tyler Vigen, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about East Bethel
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of East Bethel
About 2 of every 100 East Bethel residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About East Bethel
City in Minnesota, United States
East Bethel ( BEH-thəl) is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11,786 at the 2020 census. Minnesota State Highway 65 and Anoka County Road 22 are the main routes in the city. Highway 65 runs north–south, and County Road 22 (Viking Boulevard) runs east–west.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 48 sq mi
- Elevation
- 909 ft
- Area code
- 763
East Bethel’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with East Bethel.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bethel | #160 | B+ | B− | — | B | A− |
| Oak Grove | #181 | B | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Columbus | #158 | B+ | C | — | B | A− |
| Athens Township | — | — | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Linwood Township | #170 | B+ | B | — | B | B+ |
| Ham Lake | #83 | A | B | — | B+ | A− |
| Bethel | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Francis | #110 | A− | B+ | B+ | B | B |
Athens Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. East Bethel, Oak Grove, Columbus, Athens Township, Linwood Township and Ham Lake report no FBI crime data of their own. Bethel isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Bethel with a neighbor →
Questions about East Bethel
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is East Bethel, MN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. East Bethel grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #160 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades A− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is East Bethel, MN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.