Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
New Brighton grades A overall, 73rd of 271 graded towns in Minnesota, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $89K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 85% of the country. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 84% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $379K, 3.8 years of the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. Only 40 of Minnesota’s 574 towns score higher on walkability. 13% of the land in New Brighton is conserved, above both Minnesota’s towns (4.6%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Foss House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where New Brighton beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far New Brighton is from typical.
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Census counts: 355 in 1890, 23,454 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1896 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Brighton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
7 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
7 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
10 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
8 mi Stadium & arenaAllianz Field
7 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 New Brighton, 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 New Brighton.
New Brighton trades workers with Minneapolis and other neighbors and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Minnesota.
27% of adults sleep under 7 hours in New Brighton, below both the Minnesota town median (30%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). 18% of New Brighton adults get no exercise outside work. New Brighton beats the Minnesota average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| New Brighton | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 30% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 23% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | New Brighton | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who get no exercise | 18.4% | 22.3% |
| Fewer smokers | 11.3% | 13.1% |
| More lonely adults | 35.6% | 31.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Mounds View Public School District. Three of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Irondale Senior High, with 1,812 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highview Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 823 | B |
| Irondale Senior HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,812 | B+ |
| Bel Air ElementaryTop results in townGrades 1–5 | Grades 1–5 | 729 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
2.4 miles of trail in 15 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Long Lake Park, at 320 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hansen Park | 0.5 mi | 72 |
| 2. Meadow Wood Park | 0.4 mi | 6 |
| 3. Driftwood Park | 0.3 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The U Of Mn St Paul weather station, 6 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 6.4°.
New Brighton has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The January low in New Brighton is 6°F.
| New Brighton | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 6°F | 6°F | 22°F |
| July high | 82°F | 82°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 2001, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in New Brighton.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
New Brighton has about as many jobs (10,935) as working residents, but only 602 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave New Brighton for work: only 6% work in town. New Brighton’s average trip to work is 20 minutes. Since 2013, New Brighton has added 1,543 jobs, to 10,935 in 2023.
| New Brighton | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.7% | 9.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 7% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Minnesota average. 48% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in New Brighton. New Brighton has lost 4.9% of its people since 2020, down to 22,159 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| New Brighton | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 48% | 33% | 29% |
| Median age | 37 years | 39.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 37.9, men 35.8.
| New Brighton | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.3% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.5% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.1% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.3% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.7% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.7% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.8% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.2% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.4% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.4% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.5% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.7% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical New Brighton home is worth about $379,000, up 2% in a year, 9% above the Minnesota typical home.
| New Brighton | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,397 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 New Brighton
About 5 of every 100 New Brighton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
3 notable people were born in New Brighton.
City in Minnesota, United States
New Brighton ( BRY-tən) is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. It is a suburb of the Twin Cities. The population was 23,454 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with New Brighton.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Brighton | #73 | A | C | B | A− | A− |
| Arden Hills | #28 | A+ | C | — | A− | A+ |
| Mounds View | #88 | A | B− | B | A− | B+ |
| St. Anthony | #125 | A− | C− | C− | A− | A+ |
Arden Hills reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare New Brighton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. New Brighton grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #73 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades A− for health, B for safety and A− for schools.
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.
3 notable people were born here, including Joseph Karth and Chris McKelvie.
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