Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,013, settled in 1864.
Eyota’s best subject grades are an A for walkability and an A− for cost of living and health. Only 31 of Minnesota’s 574 towns score higher on walkability. Only 56 of Minnesota’s 572 towns score higher on civic life. Eyota has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Coan House and Eyota Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association. Eyota has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Eyota beats most towns.
Where Eyota’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Eyota is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 404 in 1880, 2,006 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 2 maps from 1954 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eyota, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Eyota.
Eyota beats the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 28% of adults feel lonely in Eyota, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 30% and U.S. towns at 33%. 72% of Eyota adults had a checkup this year.
| Eyota | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 75% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Eyota | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults seeing a dentist | 74.4% | 67.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Dover-Eyota Public School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Dover-Eyota High School, with 311 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover-Eyota ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 509 | A |
| Dover-Eyota High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 311 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 2007, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Eyota.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Eyota for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Eyota has added 259 jobs, to 460 in 2023. At 26 minutes, Eyota’s average trip to work is against 23 minutes in Minnesota’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
| Eyota | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 8.9% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.1% | 7% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Eyota has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Eyota is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Eyota home is worth about $373,000, up 4.5% in a year, 7% above the Minnesota typical home. Eyota’s median rent is $805 a month.
| Eyota | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $805 a month | $1,196 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is West Side Park, at 23 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. West Side Park | — | 23 |
| 2. Freedom Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Sunrise Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Eyota
About 3 of every 100 Eyota residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
2 places in Eyota on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Minnesota, United States
Eyota ( ee-YOH-tə) is a city in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,006 at the 2020 census.
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Not for the area. That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($91,882 across the Rochester, MN 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 A−.
