It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) North Branch has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. North Branch has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in North Branch than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, North Branch may be for you.
One downside of living in North Branch is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In North Branch, the average commute to work is 30.77 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of adults in North Branch who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.52% of the adults in North Branch have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in North Branch in 2018 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.
