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2026 Rankings
Stearns County, Minnesota Home Safety Rankings - 25 ZIPs
Explore rankings under Home Safety Score model 4.0.0. Only ZIPs with all four required inputs are ranked; missing evidence is not imputed or reweighted.
Stearns County, Minnesota (Minnesota) includes 25 tracked ZIP codes and 13 mapped community water systems; confirm service for a specific address. Below are the water quality rankings for metro ZIPs with all required inputs.
Average Home Safety Grade: C (64/100)
| Grade | ZIP Codes | % |
|---|---|---|
| A | 0 | 0% |
| B | 0 | 0% |
| C | 6 | 86% |
| D | 1 | 14% |
| F | 0 | 0% |
Top 10 ZIP Codes by Home Safety Score
| Rank | ZIP | City | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 56320 | Cold Spring | 67 | C |
| 2 | 56352 | Melrose | 67 | C |
| 3 | 56377 | Sartell | 67 | C |
| 4 | 56301 | Saint Cloud | 66 | C |
| 5 | 56374 | Saint Joseph | 66 | C |
| 6 | 56378 | Sauk Centre | 66 | C |
| 7 | 56387 | Waite Park | 49 | D |
10 Riskiest ZIP Codes
| Rank | ZIP | City | Score | Grade | Risk Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 56387 | Waite Park | 49 | D | 2 violation(s) |
| 2 | 56378 | Sauk Centre | 66 | C | 1 violation(s) |
| 3 | 56374 | Saint Joseph | 66 | C | 2 violation(s) |
| 4 | 56301 | Saint Cloud | 66 | C | 3 violation(s) |
| 5 | 56377 | Sartell | 67 | C | — |
| 6 | 56352 | Melrose | 67 | C | — |
| 7 | 56320 | Cold Spring | 67 | C | — |
Most Common Contaminant Violations
| Contaminant | Violations | ZIPs Affected |
|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 DBP Rule | 5 | 5 |
| Stage 2 DBP Rule | 4 | 3 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | 2 | 2 |
Lead Risk
- Average of reported 90th-percentile lead results: 0.0037 mg/L (below EPA action level)
- 0 of 13 ZIP codes with known status exceed EPA lead action level
- 16% of housing built before 1950
- 31% of housing built before 1970
Cities in This Metro
- Saint Cloud, MN — 2 ZIP codes
- Waite Park, MN — 2 ZIP codes
- Sunburg, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Albany, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Avon, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Belgrade, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Brooten, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Cold Spring, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Collegeville, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Elrosa, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Freeport, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Greenwald, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Holdingford, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Melrose, MN — 1 ZIP code
- New Munich, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Paynesville, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Richmond, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Rockville, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Roscoe, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Saint Joseph, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Saint Martin, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Sartell, MN — 1 ZIP code
- Sauk Centre, MN — 1 ZIP code
All 25 ZIP Codes Ranked
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| Rank | ZIP | City | Score | Grade | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 56320 | Cold Spring | 67 | C | 0 |
| 2 | 56352 | Melrose | 67 | C | 0 |
| 3 | 56377 | Sartell | 67 | C | 0 |
| 4 | 56301 | Saint Cloud | 66 | C | 3 |
| 5 | 56374 | Saint Joseph | 66 | C | 2 |
| 6 | 56378 | Sauk Centre | 66 | C | 1 |
| 7 | 56387 | Waite Park | 49 | D | 2 |
| 8 | 56289 | Sunburg | — | — | — |
| 9 | 56303 | Saint Cloud | — | — | 0 |
| 10 | 56307 | Albany | — | — | 1 |
| 11 | 56310 | Avon | — | — | 1 |
| 12 | 56312 | Belgrade | — | — | — |
| 13 | 56316 | Brooten | — | — | 1 |
| 14 | 56321 | Collegeville | — | — | — |
| 15 | 56325 | Elrosa | — | — | — |
| 16 | 56331 | Freeport | — | — | — |
| 17 | 56335 | Greenwald | — | — | — |
| 18 | 56340 | Holdingford | — | — | — |
| 19 | 56356 | New Munich | — | — | — |
| 20 | 56362 | Paynesville | — | — | 0 |
| 21 | 56368 | Richmond | — | — | 0 |
| 22 | 56369 | Rockville | — | — | — |
| 23 | 56371 | Roscoe | — | — | — |
| 24 | 56376 | Saint Martin | — | — | — |
Data Sources
- Water quality: EPA SDWIS
- Housing: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey
- Flood: FEMA NFIP
- Flood scope: historical NFIP claim records and claim-rated-zone evidence; this is not current property-map coverage.
Reporting periods vary by source; the page metadata identifies this materialization.
Methodology
Model 4.0.0 averages SDWIS water compliance and UCMR5 PFAS within drinking water, then averages drinking water, county radon, and annual AQI as three equal domains. All four inputs are required. Score methodology → · Rankings methodology →
Model 4.0.0 averages SDWIS water compliance and UCMR5 PFAS within drinking water, then averages drinking water, county radon, and annual AQI as three equal domains. All four inputs are required. Score methodology → · Rankings methodology →
Disclaimer: Scores are based on EPA SDWIS reported data and are not a guarantee of current water safety. Water quality can change. For the most current information, contact your local water utility or request a Consumer Confidence Report.
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APA
ZipCheckup. (2026). Stearns County, Minnesota Home Safety Rankings - 25 ZIPs. https://zipcheckup.com/rankings/metro/stearns-minnesota/
BibTeX
@misc{zipcheckup-rankings-metro-stearns-minnesota,
author = {{ZipCheckup}},
title = {{Stearns County, Minnesota Home Safety Rankings - 25 ZIPs}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://zipcheckup.com/rankings/metro/stearns-minnesota/}
}
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