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A town of 12,786, settled in 1858. Public schools that outperform most of Minnesota.
Trash & recyclingMounds View is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A overall, 88th of 271 graded towns in Minnesota, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 84% of the state's. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $90K. A typical home there costs about $341K, 3.4 years of the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. Mounds View is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Silver View Park, at 55 acres. Mounds View’s January low is 6°F, close to Minnesota’s towns (6°F) and below U.S. towns (22°F).
Where Mounds View beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Pinewood Elementary | 1–5 | 523 |
| Edgewood Middle School | 6–8 | 639 |
| Mounds View ALC | 7–12 | 114 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Mounds View is from typical.
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Census counts: 6,416 in 1960, 13,249 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mounds View. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
12 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
11 mi Stadium & arenaAllianz Field
9 mi WaterfallSaint Anthony FallsU.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 · Saint Anthony Falls: The original uploader was Mulad at English Wikipedia., Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mounds View, 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 Mounds View.
Mounds View has more than doubled its jobs in ten years and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Minnesota.
Its public schools are run by the Mounds View Public School District. Two of its 6 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The 4 public schools in Mounds View teach 1,277 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 639 | B− |
| Mounds View ALCLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 114 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
In Mounds View, 37% of adults feel lonely. 29% of adults in Mounds View sleep under 7 hours; 27% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Mounds View | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 75% | 79% |
| What stands out | Mounds View | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 14% | 11.4% |
| More lonely adults | 36.9% | 31.2% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 10.9% | 9.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The U Of Mn St Paul weather station, 8 miles away, records that 40 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 83% of Minnesota places with climate records. July afternoons average 82.1°: cooler than most of the country, but hotter than 77% of Minnesota places with climate records; January nights average 6.2°.
Mounds View’s peak summer temperature comes in at 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For Mounds View, the FEMA hazard score is 66 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 57% come from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1997: one.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Count the trails in 10 parks and preserves and they come to 1.2 miles. The trail network density in Mounds View is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Mounds View | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.4% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greenfield Park | 0.8 mi | 39 |
| 2. City Hall Park | 0.3 mi | 10 |
| 3. Silver View Park | — | 55 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jobs based here grew from 3,497 in 2013 to 7,433.
The top destinations are Minneapolis (18%), St. Paul (10%) and Fridley (6%). Commuting out is the norm in Mounds View: 4% of working residents work locally. Since 2013, Mounds View has added 3,936 jobs, to 7,433 in 2023. Among residents in the town, 12% live below the poverty line.
| Mounds View | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 9.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Age groups here sit within 4 points of the Minnesota average. Mounds View is shrinking: down 3.6% since 2020, to 12,786 residents (2025 estimate). For adults 25 and older in the town, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 37%.
| Mounds View | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 33% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 23% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.2, men 39.3.
| Mounds View | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.3% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.9% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.2% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.7% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.3% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.2% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.3% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Mounds View’s property offense rate is 8.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Mounds View | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.4 per 1,000 residents | 8.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical home value in Mounds View is about $341,000, up 1.9% in a year, close to the Minnesota typical home. Homes sold in Mounds View spent a median 19 days on the market. Bidding over the asking price: 63% of homes sold in the town.
| Mounds View | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 69% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,245 a month | $1,192 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
26 within 15 miles of the center of Mounds View
About 5 of every 100 Mounds View residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
City in Minnesota, United States
Mounds View is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,249 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. U.S. Highway 10, County Road 10, and Interstate Highway 35W are three of the main routes in the city.
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3 towns share a border with Mounds View.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mounds View | #88 | A | B− | B | A− | B+ |
| Spring Lake Park | #204 | B | B− | C+ | C+ | B− |
| New Brighton | #73 | A | C | B | A− | A− |
| Blaine | #156 | B+ | C+ | B− | B+ | B+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Mounds View grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #88 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades B+ for health, B for safety and A− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
2 notable people were born here, including Amanda Lee and Meghan Lorence.
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