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Thief River Falls is a big small town of 8,823 people in Pennington County, Minnesota. It's about 44 miles from Grand Forks, ND and 258 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 14°F, with about 49 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $175k and rent runs about $838 a month.
8,823people
$175kTypical home
$838/moRent
80° / 14°Summer / winter
49"Snow
237Sunny days
109Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,823
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,470 people per sq mi
- 258 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 44 mi to Grand Forks, ND
- 44 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $175k (≈$1,106/mo)
- Median rent $838/mo
- Median household income $71k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 14°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 237 sunny days a year (68 totally clear)
- 128 cloudy days a year
- 35 of 90 winter days are gray
- 109 days a year with rain or snow
- 49" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 76 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (206 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (793 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 26% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 12 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 3 mi to TVF airport
- 264 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 91 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 62% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,116 ft
- 623 mi to the ocean
- 42 mi to a big lake
- 73 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 68 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 12 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 41 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 49% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 75 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 31 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 29 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Pennington County: R+32 in 2024
- Minnesota: D+4 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk