RANKING · 2024 ACS · 155 SHOWN OF 155

Highest Medicare coverage, Minnesota cities

Minnesota cities ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 155 cities in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 155 is 17.3%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lake Elmo, MN, up 51 places to #74.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01▲3International Falls, MNMN5,48129.8%+2.2 pts

02▲3Fairmont, MNMN10,09929.6%+2.1 pts

03▲4Fergus Falls, MNMN14,24629.0%+2.1 pts

04▲13Redwood Falls, MNMN5,04028.9%+5.9 pts

05▲1Lake City, MNMN5,30628.6%+1.2 pts

06▲2Little Falls, MNMN9,27727.8%+2.1 pts

07▲2Virginia, MNMN8,18726.7%+2.0 pts

08▲4Hibbing, MNMN15,82326.5%+3.1 pts

09▲23Chisago City, MNMN5,95526.2%+5.2 pts

10Albert Lea, MNMN18,21725.9%+1.4 pts

11▲3Detroit Lakes, MNMN10,01925.7%+2.5 pts

12▲7Baxter, MNMN9,21725.7%+3.3 pts

13▲3Mendota Heights, MNMN11,47525.7%+2.7 pts

14▲41Princeton, MNMN5,48025.6%+7.2 pts

15North Oaks, MNMN5,28325.2%+2.1 pts

16▼14Grand Rapids, MNMN11,18124.9%−3.3 pts

17▼6Alexandria, MNMN15,04524.4%+0.3 pts

18▲35La Crescent, MNMN5,26124.4%+6.0 pts

19▼18St. Anthony city (Hennepin and Ramsey Counties), MNMN9,98923.7%−5.8 pts

20▲29Corcoran, MNMN9,26923.4%+4.5 pts

21▲1Montevideo, MNMN5,33523.4%+1.4 pts

22▼1Red Wing, MNMN16,80523.2%+1.0 pts

23▲2Golden Valley, MNMN21,32523.1%+1.4 pts

24▼21Litchfield, MNMN6,52823.1%−4.8 pts

25▲2Hutchinson, MNMN14,65522.7%+1.2 pts

26▲12Crookston, MNMN7,37522.7%+2.4 pts

27▼1Mahtomedi, MNMN8,18922.7%+1.0 pts

28Roseville, MNMN35,66322.4%+1.1 pts

29▲4Mound, MNMN9,06422.2%+1.3 pts

30▲7Minnetonka, MNMN53,96922.0%+1.7 pts

31▲17Vadnais Heights, MNMN13,05221.7%+2.6 pts

32▲2Edina, MNMN54,35621.7%+0.9 pts

33▼2New Ulm, MNMN13,86321.7%+0.7 pts

34▼14Shoreview, MNMN26,90621.5%−0.8 pts

35▼11White Bear Lake, MNMN23,39221.5%−0.3 pts

36▲6Hastings, MNMN22,56321.2%+1.6 pts

37▲20Cambridge, MNMN11,09021.0%+2.9 pts

38▼25Thief River Falls, MNMN8,79921.0%−2.3 pts

39▲25Willmar, MNMN22,00120.9%+3.6 pts

40▼10Faribault, MNMN25,04020.8%−0.2 pts

41▼12Spring Lake Park, MNMN7,12720.8%−0.3 pts

42▼6Bloomington, MNMN89,03420.7%0.0 pts

43▼20Newport, MNMN5,52520.6%−1.4 pts

44▼5West St. Paul, MNMN21,95020.6%+0.6 pts

45▲11Stillwater, MNMN19,35420.4%+2.2 pts

46▲30Mounds View, MNMN12,78620.4%+4.0 pts

47▲12Maplewood, MNMN40,71720.4%+2.5 pts

48▼5Anoka, MNMN18,16920.3%+0.7 pts

49▼3Owatonna, MNMN26,63320.3%+1.0 pts

50▼5Brainerd, MNMN14,42820.2%+0.8 pts

51▲27Shorewood, MNMN7,62019.5%+3.2 pts

52▲20Richfield, MNMN36,59319.4%+2.4 pts

53▲15Ham Lake, MNMN17,10419.3%+2.3 pts

54▼19Waseca, MNMN9,03519.1%−1.6 pts

55▼37Glencoe, MNMN5,63219.1%−3.8 pts

56▲27Hopkins, MNMN19,52318.9%+2.8 pts

57▼7Winona, MNMN26,53018.9%+0.3 pts

58▼18Little Canada, MNMN10,56718.7%−1.2 pts

59▼18Waite Park, MNMN8,45018.6%−1.0 pts

60▼2Cloquet, MNMN12,39918.6%+0.7 pts

61▲21Marshall, MNMN14,17118.4%+2.2 pts

62▲12Bemidji, MNMN15,77018.2%+1.5 pts

63▲6Buffalo, MNMN16,87818.2%+1.2 pts

64▲16Hermantown, MNMN10,11018.2%+2.0 pts

65▼5Inver Grove Heights, MNMN36,87318.1%+0.3 pts

66▼4Arden Hills, MNMN9,58318.0%+0.3 pts

67▼23Austin, MNMN26,68918.0%−1.5 pts

68▼21St. Peter, MNMN12,27518.0%−1.2 pts

69▼8Oakdale, MNMN30,58817.9%+0.2 pts

70▲19North Branch, MNMN12,39817.8%+2.2 pts

71Coon Rapids, MNMN64,19317.7%+0.7 pts

72▼2Duluth, MNMN88,33017.7%+0.7 pts

73▼22New Hope, MNMN20,80717.7%−0.8 pts

74▲51Lake Elmo, MNMN14,37617.6%+5.3 pts

75▲2Worthington, MNMN13,97917.6%+1.2 pts

76▲3New Prague, MNMN8,23817.5%+1.3 pts

77▲13North Mankato, MNMN14,16517.5%+2.3 pts

78▲3Forest Lake, MNMN20,95217.3%+1.1 pts

79▼14New Brighton, MNMN22,15917.3%+0.1 pts

80▼28Robbinsdale, MNMN14,03017.3%−1.2 pts

81▲14Apple Valley, MNMN55,24817.2%+2.6 pts

82▲17Eden Prairie, MNMN63,07517.2%+3.3 pts

83▼8Burnsville, MNMN65,24417.1%+0.6 pts

84▲12Morris, MNMN5,15017.0%+2.8 pts

85▲43Ramsey, MNMN29,62417.0%+5.0 pts

86▲2Plymouth, MNMN78,94216.8%+1.1 pts

87▲6Crystal, MNMN22,23916.7%+1.8 pts

88▼1Rochester, MNMN124,29216.7%+0.8 pts

89▼16North St. Paul, MNMN12,78016.6%−0.2 pts

90▼24St. Louis Park, MNMN50,02716.6%−0.6 pts

91▲6Oak Grove, MNMN9,47616.5%+2.3 pts

92▼38Orono, MNMN8,30116.5%−1.9 pts

93▲9Prior Lake, MNMN28,14016.3%+2.5 pts

94▼9Kasson, MNMN7,35016.0%0.0 pts

95▼28Columbia Heights, MNMN22,48215.9%−1.2 pts

96▼33Falcon Heights, MNMN5,07115.9%−1.4 pts

97▼6South St. Paul, MNMN20,53215.9%+0.9 pts

98▲11Eagan, MNMN67,10915.8%+2.4 pts

99▲11East Bethel, MNMN12,60515.8%+2.4 pts

100▼2Waconia, MNMN14,11315.8%+1.7 pts

101▼15Fridley, MNMN30,82915.7%−0.2 pts

102▲10Lino Lakes, MNMN23,22015.6%+2.4 pts

103▲16Maple Grove, MNMN73,89315.6%+2.7 pts

104▼4Wyoming, MNMN8,12115.5%+1.7 pts

105▲15Champlin, MNMN23,12515.3%+2.6 pts

106▼1Hugo, MNMN17,16715.3%+1.8 pts

107▲15Andover, MNMN33,87415.1%+2.4 pts

108▲25Chanhassen, MNMN25,74815.0%+3.2 pts

109▲4Northfield, MNMN21,99214.9%+1.8 pts

110▼18Sartell, MNMN19,91814.7%−0.2 pts

111▼3Blaine, MNMN76,60314.7%+1.3 pts

112▼6St. Paul Park, MNMN5,39614.7%+1.2 pts

113▼19St. Cloud, MNMN72,64714.6%−0.1 pts

114▼13Mankato, MNMN46,52914.4%+0.6 pts

115▲12Becker, MNMN5,42514.4%+2.3 pts

116▲2Cottage Grove, MNMN43,60414.3%+1.4 pts

117▲17Rosemount, MNMN31,88114.2%+2.4 pts

118▲14Woodbury, MNMN81,55814.2%+2.3 pts

119▼35East Grand Forks, MNMN8,90614.1%−2.0 pts

120▲6Chaska, MNMN30,51314.0%+1.7 pts

121Credit River, MNMN5,64413.9%–

122▼5Moorhead, MNMN46,53313.9%+0.9 pts

123▼12Elk River, MNMN27,89613.8%+0.5 pts

124▲7Delano, MNMN7,78813.7%+1.8 pts

125▼1Victoria, MNMN12,44713.6%+1.3 pts

126▼19Sauk Rapids, MNMN13,76813.6%+0.1 pts

127▲10Byron, MNMN6,74013.5%+3.1 pts

128▼13Brooklyn Center, MNMN31,84613.4%+0.4 pts

129▼6St. Paul, MNMN306,68413.3%+0.8 pts

130▲15Isanti, MNMN7,71413.3%+3.7 pts

131▼1Brooklyn Park, MNMN83,54313.0%+1.1 pts

132▲3Minnetrista, MNMN9,45812.9%+1.2 pts

133▼30Stewartville, MNMN6,85012.7%−1.0 pts

134▼30Lindstrom, MNMN5,03912.6%−1.1 pts

135▼14St. Joseph, MNMN6,84612.5%−0.2 pts

136▲3Savage, MNMN32,97012.1%+1.9 pts

137▼1Minneapolis, MNMN430,32412.0%+1.1 pts

138▼9Belle Plaine, MNMN7,63211.8%−0.1 pts

139▼25Dayton, MNMN11,40211.8%−1.3 pts

140▼2St. Francis, MNMN8,63511.7%+1.5 pts

141▲3Medina, MNMN7,46011.7%+2.0 pts

142▼26Monticello, MNMN15,67011.6%−1.4 pts

143▼1Lakeville, MNMN79,27011.0%+1.1 pts

144▼1Shakopee, MNMN49,36610.8%+1.0 pts

145▲4St. Michael, MNMN22,49810.8%+2.0 pts

146▲4Carver, MNMN7,19810.7%+2.8 pts

147Rogers, MNMN15,60610.3%+1.1 pts

148▼7Otsego, MNMN24,5259.9%−0.1 pts

149▲3Lonsdale, MNMN5,1179.4%+2.7 pts

150▼4Albertville, MNMN8,5449.1%−0.5 pts

151▼3Farmington, MNMN25,4258.6%−0.2 pts

152▲1Jordan, MNMN6,9887.8%+1.8 pts

153▼13Zimmerman, MNMN6,9047.8%−2.4 pts

154▼3Big Lake, MNMN12,9297.3%+0.2 pts

155▼1Elko New Market, MNMN5,3006.0%+2.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES