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Long Prairie is a small town of 3,693 people in Todd County, Minnesota. It's about 45 miles from St. Cloud, MN and 104 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 18°F, with about 54 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $152k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,693people
$152kTypical home
$1,033/moRent
79° / 18°Summer / winter
54"Snow
238Sunny days
121Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,693
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,345 people per sq mi
- 104 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 45 mi to St. Cloud, MN
- 26 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $152k (≈$959/mo)
- Median rent $1,033/mo
- Median household income $59k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 18°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 57°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (78 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 121 days a year with rain or snow
- 54" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 70 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (103 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (298 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 28% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 13% walk or take transit to work
- 46 mi to BRD airport
- 110 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 44 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1962
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,296 ft
- 722 mi to the ocean
- 53 mi to a big lake
- 28 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 38 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 13 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 27 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 13 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 58 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 14% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 27 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 25 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 26 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Todd County: R+54 in 2024
- Minnesota: D+4 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk