Northfield, MN

Minnesota · Rice County

Northfield is a small city in Minnesota with a population of 20,678. Residents earn $92,000 per year, which is 22% above the national average.

3.9 /5.0

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20,678 Population 2,421/sq mi density

$92,000 Median Income $37,147 per capita

$305,300 Home Value $379,668 Zillow

$1,036 Median Rent 24.0% income on rent

45°F Avg Temperature 270 sunny days/yr

58 Violent Crime/100K 734 property/100K

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Overall

3.9 / 5.0

Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

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Economy

4.7 / 5.0

$92,000 median income, 3.1% unemployment

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Affordability

4.8 / 5.0

$305,300 home value, $1,036/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

58 violent crimes/100K (85% below avg)

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Education

5.0 / 5.0

51.5% bachelor's degree or higher

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4 reported haunted locations found near Northfield, MN.

Name	Description
St. Olaf College	Hilleboe Hall - is said to have had a variety of ghostlike experiences. One is that when there was only one student in the entire dorm during the summer, she heard childlike singing and the piano playing and after going to investigate she found all of the sinks turned in all of the rooms on her corridor. It is also said that mysterious child-sized handprints appear on the outside of third floor windows.
St. Olaf College	Kelsey Theater - is said the ghost of Miss Kelsey herself has been seen playing the piano onstage long after her death and has been heard warning an actor who was rehearsing alone late at night that he was about to fall into the orchestra pit.
St. Olaf College	Melby Hall - the oldest on campus, it said that a man and a woman in period clothing from the Victorian era have been seen in halls and rooms as well as the stairway.
St. Olaf College	Thorson Hall - there have been sightings of the "Red Hat Boy" believed to possibly be the ghost of a student who died, not on campus, but while he attended St. Olaf and lived in that dorm. What is believed to be the boy's dog has also been seen with him and roaming around campus by itself. He also appears in a certain room, one that is assumed was his.