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Scott County, MN

155,814 Population
356.1 square miles 437.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,435 ±$2,712 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $46,530 ±$490
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$106,181 ±$9,543 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $85,086 ±$768
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

5.7% ±1.9% (8,830  ±2,888) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 520,602 (±0.3% / ±17,281)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.9 minutes ±0.5 (1,732,510  ±49,238) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

55,921 ±1,021 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,344,432 ±8,041
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±0.1 (154,408  ±52) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,597,421
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7.9% ±3% (2,965  ±1,113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,480 (±0.4% / ±4,671)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

57,710 ±47 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,574,932 ±884
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$394,700 ±$14,162 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $328,600 ±$2,055
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.2% ±2.1% (14,069  ±3,220.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 11.6% 659,433 (±0.4% / ±20,311.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.1% ±4.6% (98,683  ±4,890.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 94.3% 3,717,752 (±0.6% / ±25,630.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
39.9% ±3% (41,378  ±3,101.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,576,206 (±0.4% / ±16,230.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.9% (15,458  ±2,550) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 495,352
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.5% ±1.1% (5,162  ±1,277) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.7% 251,015 (±0.2% / ±6,521)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,162 Total veterans ±1,277 4,580 Male ±1,192 582 Female ±345

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