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Mankato city, Blue Earth County, MN

44,882 Population
19.6 square miles 2,289.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Blue Earth County: 31.5 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$32,788 ±$1,970 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Blue Earth County: $36,299 ±$1,388
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$64,826 ±$3,651 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Blue Earth County: $72,623 ±$3,118
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

21.7% ±2.1% (9,008  ±868) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Blue Earth County: 16.3% 10,695 (±1.5% / ±978)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

14.5 minutes ±0.8 (325,100  ±21,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Blue Earth County: 17.1 579,020 (±0.6 / ±23,401)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

17,655 ±380 Number of households
  • Blue Earth County: 27,183 ±381
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.3 ±0.1 (40,916  ±85) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Blue Earth County: 2.4 65,120 (±0 / ±62)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

6.5% ±1.7% (886  ±237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Blue Earth County: 6.7% † 1,237 (±1.3% / ±246)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

19,186 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Blue Earth County: 29,544 ±95
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$250,600 ±$9,341 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Blue Earth County: $252,800 ±$6,330
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

28.8% ±2.5% (12,720  ±1,123.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Blue Earth County: 21.9% 15,001 (±1.7% / ±1,136.3)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

93.6% ±4% (22,413  ±1,038.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Blue Earth County: 95% 38,779 (±2.7% / ±1,115.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
36.2% ±2.6% (8,658  ±639.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Blue Earth County: 34.5% 14,080 (±1.6% / ±661)
  • about 90 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

8.3% ±1.1% (3,708  ±483) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Blue Earth County: 5.8% 4,049
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

3.9% ±0.6% (1,457  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Blue Earth County: 4.8% 2,651 (±0.4% / ±229)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
1,457 Total veterans ±216 1,378 Male ±225 79 Female ±60

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