River-town manufacturing hub where union tradition meets rural conservatism
Perched on the Mississippi bluffs in Goodhue County, Red Wing's small metro blends a blue-collar industrial workforce with a predominantly rural hinterland, producing competitive margins that track closely with statewide swing-district patterns.
| Group | Red Wing, MN | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 93.1% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(10) | 2.6% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.6% | 4.0% |
▶Black / African American(8) | 1.1% | 12.2% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(3) | 1.0% | 0.9% |
▶Asian(6) | 0.6% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(2) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -7.0pp (vs national 4.5pp). A moderate religious balance between Catholic and Evangelical traditions.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.8% | 53.9% | — | — | |
| 15.2% | 23.5% | — | — | |
| 13.6% | 21.1% | — | — | |
| 1.0% | 1.5% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.7% | 1.1% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 35.5% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Red Wing, MN metro area? 184,125 residents across 4 counties.
24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 10pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+9 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+16.4 | R+1.1 | 15.3pp |