Park Rapids.
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Minnesota·Hubbard County
3 tracts·4K people·$228K median·533/mi²
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The median home value in Park Rapids is $227,500 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.5× the US median of $458,812.
Park Rapids has 4,270 residents across 1 census tracts and 3 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 45.8; the population is 88.8% White, 4.6% Multiracial, 4.1% Other, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Black and 0.0% Asian; the average household has 2.0 people; 22.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 21.2% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY (44%) and Heartland Lakes Elementary (39%) lead the elementary schools; PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY MIDDLE is the middle school with reported scores (37%); PARK RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH (33%), HEADWATERS EDUC LEARNING PROGRAM (1%) and Park Rapids Virtual Academy High (1%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $825/month, 48% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Park Rapids is $44,747 a year, 48% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Park Rapids, median rent is $825/month and the median home value is $227,500 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Park Rapids reported 2.5 violent crimes and 23.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 78°F; winter lows average 2°F; there are 74 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 27 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Park Rapids are winter weather (95), strong wind (90) and drought (87), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.03g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Park Rapids, 4.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).