Rock CreekMN
A town of 1,772, settled in 1874. 54% more nonprofits per person than the typical Minnesota town.
Is Rock Creek a good place to live?
The best of Rock Creek’s subject grades is an A− for civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 37 of Minnesota’s 574 towns score lower on walkability. The biggest park or preserve is Chengwatana State Forest, at 5,018 acres. Rock Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Rock Creek stand out
Where Rock Creek beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Rock Creek for work
Where Rock Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rock Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Rock Creek is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Rock Creek: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rock Creek, 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 Rock Creek.
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Rock Creek’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Rock Creek for work: only 2% work in town. At 33 minutes, Rock Creek’s average trip to work is above both the Minnesota town median (23 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Rock Creek has added 70 jobs, to 142 in 2023.
| Rock Creek | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.3% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rock Creek faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Rock Creek, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Rock Creek has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. At 81°F, Rock Creek’s July high is where Minnesota’s towns sit at 82°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chengwatana State Forest | — | 5,018 |
| 2. Rock Marsh Wildlife Management Area | — | 616 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Rock Creek are worth about $328K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Rock Creek home is worth about $328,000, up 4.3% in a year, 6% below the Minnesota typical home. 96% of households own their home in Rock Creek.
| Rock Creek | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 96% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $872 a month | $1,196 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Rock Creek is less healthy than 50% of U.S. towns
Rock Creek beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 20% of Rock Creek adults binge drink.
| Rock Creek | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Rock Creek | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 17.6% | 13.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.2% | 8.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.5% | 5.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Rock Creek
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Rock Creek
About 2 of every 100 Rock Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Rock Creek
City in Minnesota, United States
Rock Creek is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,682 at the 2020 census. Portions of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation are located within Rock Creek. Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 70 are two of the main routes in the community. Rock Creek is mostly a rural area, made up of farm lands.
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- Area
- 43 sq mi
- Elevation
- 938 ft
- ZIP code
- 55067
- Area code
- 320
Rock Creek’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Rock Creek.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Creek | — | — | B− | — | B | B− |
| Pine City Township | — | — | C | — | B | C+ |
| Rushseba Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Royalton Township | — | — | C | — | B− | B− |
Rock Creek, Pine City Township and Royalton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Rock Creek, Pine City Township and Royalton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Rushseba Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rock Creek with a neighbor →
Questions about Rock Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rock Creek, MN a good place to live?
54% more nonprofits per person than the typical Minnesota town.
Is Rock Creek, MN expensive?
That is 4.6 years of the area's median household income ($71,146 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.