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Nowthen, Minnesota.

A city in Anoka County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Anoka County’s.

Living in Nowthen, Anoka County, Minnesota

Nowthen is a city of 4,536 people in Anoka County. 97% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 3% are rented. Unemployment in Anoka County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in Anoka County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 4,536 in the 2020 census; median age 40.3
Household income Too few homes in Nowthen for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.0% Anoka County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes 97% lived in by their owners; 3% rented
  • 1,424households
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 27 mintypical commute
  • 24%work from home

What people in Anoka County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Manufacturing16%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Building trades8%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Anoka County had 133,128 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 22° and 4°; warmest in July, 83° and 61° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 22° 4° F M A M J J 83° 61° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 22° and 4°; warmest in July, 83° and 61° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 22° 4° F M A M J J 83° 61° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 22° and lows near 4°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 61°. About 36 inches of snow and 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Elk River weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Nowthen

  1. A&B Welding & ConstructionWelding, on site, contractors51
  2. North ValleyResurfacing, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway46
  3. Carrs Tree ServiceTree and brush trimming, overhead utility line42
  4. Dock and Door TecDoor, commercial- or industrial-type, installation23
  5. Rademacher CompaniesRetail - grocery stores21

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 183 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively high
  2. HailRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Nowthen’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Anoka County.