Dayton
Hennepin County7,262 in 2020·11,402 in 2025·+4,140 people
Minnesota rankings · Growth
Fastest-growing towns in Minnesota
Dayton has grown fastest of Minnesota’s 270 towns of 2,500+: up 57.0% from 7,262 residents in April 2020 to an estimated 11,402 in July 2025 (Census Bureau estimates). The typical town here changed +1.4%; 89 of the 270 lost residents.
Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025: July 1, 2025 against the April 2020 base, both on January 2025 town lines (people a town annexed are in its base, not its growth). Estimates, not counts. Unincorporated communities (census-designated places) get no estimate, so they aren’t listed. A described list: no letters. How grades work
+57.0%
#2Corcoran
Hennepin County6,187 in 2020·9,269 in 2025·+3,082 people
Newport
Washington County3,798 in 2020·5,525 in 2025·+1,727 people
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What is the fastest-growing town in Minnesota?
Dayton (Hennepin County): it grew 57.0%, from 7,262 residents in April 2020 to an estimated 11,402 in July 2025. Corcoran (+49.8%) and Newport (+45.5%) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the percent change in residents from the Census Bureau’s April 2020 estimates base to its latest July 1 estimate, highest first, on the exact change: two towns shown with the same tenth of a percent keep the order of their unrounded figures, and only an identical change shares a rank (T). The base is the 2020 Census count redrawn on today’s town lines, so a town that annexed land since 2020 changes only by births, deaths and moves, not by the people it took in. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns TownRatings grades that had 2,500+ residents in the 2020 estimates base (270 in Minnesota). Census-designated places (unincorporated communities) have no Census Bureau estimates, so they never appear; a town incorporated since 2020, or one TownRatings merges with its twin township, isn’t listed either. Every town is on the Minnesota page.
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