North Branch is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 12,258 people and three associated neighborhoods, North Branch is the 97th largest community in Minnesota.North Branch is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, North Branch is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in North Branch who work in office and administrative support (11.00%), sales jobs (10.63%), and management occupations (10.50%). Also of interest is that North Branch has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Overall, North Branch’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, North Branch has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes North Branch a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. North Branch is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of North Branch citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.45% of adults 25 and older in North Branch have a college degree. The per capita income in North Branch in 2022 was $46,387, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $185,548 for a family of four. However, North Branch contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call North Branch home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Branch residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in North Branch include German, Swedish, Norwegian, Irish, and English. The most common language spoken in North Branch is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
