Red Wing, Minnesota

Red Wing population, 2020 to 2024

Red Wing added 158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -33. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 87th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Red Wing is 1.2 times that size.

Red Wing covers 34.83 square miles of land and 6.58 of water, for 482 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Red Wing is less dense than the typical town.

What county Red Wing is in

All of Red Wing's residents live in Goodhue County, which had 47,982 residents in 2024. Red Wing holds 35.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Red Wing

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Red Wing by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55066, 55089. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Red Wing is

The Census internal point of Red Wing is at 44.581300, -92.605000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 35.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hastings, MN (22,502 people), 16.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 35.3 miles away.

Daylight in Red Wing

At 44.58° N, Red Wing gets about 15 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Red Wing

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Goodhue, 12.6 miles away, with 1,244 people.