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A town of 7,127, settled in 1960.
Spring Lake Park is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 204th of 271 graded towns in Minnesota, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $91K. Its lowest everyday mark is in safety: its crime rate is higher than 64% of U.S. towns, with 7 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. A typical home there costs about $319K, 3.2 years of the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. On walkability, just 20 of Minnesota’s 574 towns do better. Spring Lake Park's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. Only 10 of Minnesota’s 574 towns score lower on history.
Where Spring Lake Park beats most towns.
6,412 counted in 2010 and 7,188 in 2020; an estimated 7,127 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 12.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Spring Lake Park is from typical.
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Census counts: 3,260 in 1960, 7,188 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2023 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Spring Lake Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
14 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
12 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 Spring Lake Park, 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 Spring Lake Park.
Spring Lake Park trades workers with Minneapolis and other neighbors, is safe by national standards but not by Minnesota’s and has cooler summers than most of the country, though not than most of Minnesota.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Spring Lake Park since 2019.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Spring Lake Park Public Schools. Three of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Spring Lake Park Senior High, with 1,909 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Terrace ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 532 | C |
| Spring Lake Park Senior HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,909 | C+ |
| Elementary LighthouseTop results in townGrades 1–6 | Grades 1–6 | 29 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
July afternoons average 82.2°: cooler than most of the country, but hotter than 81% of Minnesota places with climate records; January nights average 6.2°.
Spring Lake Park has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Spring Lake Park’s January low is 6°F, near the Minnesota town median (6°F) and below the median of U.S. towns (22°F). About 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Spring Lake Park | 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
At 24.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 76% of Minnesota’s graded towns.
Spring Lake Park’s property crime rate is 17.1 per 1,000 residents, against 8.6 in Minnesota’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. Spring Lake Park reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 64% report less.
| Spring Lake Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 17.1 per 1,000 residents | 8.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1 per 1,000 residents | 1.1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Spring Lake Park has about as many jobs (2,819) as working residents, but only 86 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Spring Lake Park for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Spring Lake Park has lost 320 jobs, to 2,819 in 2023. Spring Lake Park’s average trip to work is 21 minutes.
| Spring Lake Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 9.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 15% | 14% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Spring Lake Park home is worth about $319,000, up 1.2% in a year, 9% below the Minnesota typical home. The median rent in Spring Lake Park is $1,413 a month.
| Spring Lake Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,413 a month | $1,192 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Spring Lake Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lakeside Park | — | 9 |
| 2. Sanburnol Park | 0.1 mi | 4 |
| 3. Triangle Memorial Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
All 3 graded neighbors score healthier than its B−, from Fridley (B) to Mounds View (B+). Against the 9,867 U.S. towns with household incomes like Spring Lake Park’s, it is less healthy than 67%, so it trails even them.
Spring Lake Park beats the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 29% of adults get no exercise outside work in Spring Lake Park.
| Spring Lake Park | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 23% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 10% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| What stands out | Spring Lake Park | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.5% | 76.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
26 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Lake Park
About 2 of every 100 Spring Lake Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
City in Minnesota, United States
Spring Lake Park is a city in Anoka and Ramsey counties in the state of Minnesota. The population was 7,188 at the 2020 census. The city is located mainly within Anoka County. Minnesota State Highways 47 and 65 and County Highway 10 are three of the main routes in the city.
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3 towns share a border with Spring Lake Park.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake Park | #204 | B | B− | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Fridley | #251 | C | B− | D | C+ | B |
| Mounds View | #88 | A | B− | B | A− | B+ |
| Blaine | #156 | B+ | C+ | B− | B+ | B+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. It grades B− for health, C+ for safety and C+ 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 B−.
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