Northfield, MN: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Northfield in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 74.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Northfield.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Northfield is from a meaningfully darker sky

12 miles from Northfield, straight-line, sits Faribault, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Northfield's own suburban band.

Faribault, MN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Northfield compares nationally

Northfield, MN has a population of about 21,316, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Northfield places 2,384 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.