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Detroit Lakes city, Becker County, MN

10,002 Population
11.8 square miles 850.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Becker County: 43.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$46,126 ±$7,686 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Becker County: $40,834 ±$2,376
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$62,123 ±$4,872 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Becker County: $71,117 ±$2,512
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

10.2% ±3.3% (969  ±313) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Becker County: 11% † 3,802 (±1.2% / ±402)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

14.1 minutes ±1.7 (60,415  ±8,595) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Becker County: 21.8 317,050 (±0.7 / ±13,600)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

4,485 ±174 Number of households
  • Becker County: 14,404 ±247
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.2 ±0.1 (9,621  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Becker County: 2.4 34,746 (±0 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

11.1% ±5.1% (211  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Becker County: 7.3% † 501 (±1.7% / ±117)
  • about double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

5,108 ±203 Number of housing units
  • Becker County: 19,869 ±72
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$246,200 ±$21,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Becker County: $266,900 ±$9,707
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

16.5% ±4.7% (1,628  ±459) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Becker County: 9.8% † 3,401 (±1.4% / ±484.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

93.5% ±6.3% (6,487  ±508.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Becker County: 93.3% 22,799 (±2.6% / ±638.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
32.4% ±3.8% (2,249  ±275.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Becker County: 27.5% 6,728 (±1.4% / ±350)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

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

0.7% ±0.7% (72  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Becker County: 1.3% 456
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

8.4% ±2.3% (650  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Becker County: 9.4% 2,515 (±0.8% / ±215)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
650 Total veterans ±182 582 Male ±169 68 Female ±49

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