Faribault, Minnesota

Spend some time in Faribault and Rice County and you'll see why people love living here.

The residents of Faribault and its surrounding region enjoy safe neighborhoods, affordable housing, high quality public and private schools, a gorgeous natural setting with a nearby nature center. Faribault is in close proximity to Minneapolis-St. Paul as well as Rochester (about an hour to each city).Community

All of those amenities combine with outstanding, accessible health care to create a high quality of life for the region's citizens.

That top quality health care is where District One Hospital comes in, an acute care hospital with 66 beds (licensed for 99) that serves approximately 35,000 residents in the southern half of Rice County. Officially called the "hospital district," District One encompasses eight of the 14 townships in Rice County, as well as the cities of Faribault, Morristown, and Nerstrand. Faribault's Healthcare Campus holds two multi-specialty clinics serve the area, The Faribault Clinic-Allina Medical Group and the Cannon Valley Clinic-Mayo Health System, who play a major role in health care. The Orthopedic and Fracture Clinic and Rehab One are also situated on the campus in a new state-of-the-art facility opened in 2009.

Residents, for the most part, can stay in the area when it comes to seeking health care, thanks to a growing array of services that is uncommon for a community the size of Faribault. Accordingly, the concept of responding to a community's needs truly fits our hospital.

Small Town Pride, Big City Opportunities tells the story of Faribault's economy.

Faribault is a growing community of nearly 30,000 residents in Rice County. Faribault is ideally situated on Interstate 35, intersecting two state highways, served by two major railway lines and under an hour to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Faribault posted a 5.73% population increase from 2000-2006
Projected growth of another 4.75% is anticipated by 2011.

  • Average household income is $61,053
  • Estimated per capita income is $22,958
  • The median age for the area is 36.3
  • 111 new residential dwellings units built in 2006
  • $65 million in commercial new construction and commercial remodeling in 2006
  • Rice County's population is the State's 13th most populous county

FAST FACTS:

Faribault:

Named after its founder
Alexander Faribault

  • Founded: 1852
  • Location: On I35, 25 minutes south of the Twin Cities metropolitan area
  • Miles of Roadway: 120.38
  • Community Population: 28,959
  • County: Rice, population 61,684
  • Elevation: 1,015.55 feet above mean sea level (at City Hall)
  • Within one-hour of: Downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Rochester and the Mayo Clinic, Mall of America, 8 State Parks and over 100 recreational lakes and other top attractions. Borders with Iowa and Wisconsin

CommunitySpend some time in Faribault and you'll see why people love living here. The residents of Faribault and its surrounding region enjoy safe neighborhoods, affordable housing, high quality public and private schools, and a gorgeous natural setting with a nearby nature center.