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.
In North Branch, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.77 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, North Branch is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.52% of adults 25 and older in North Branch have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in North Branch in 2022 was $44,360, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $177,440 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.
