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Shafer city, Chisago County, MN

1,151 Population
1.3 square miles 906.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chisago County: 40.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$37,870 ±$4,720 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chisago County: $43,265 ±$1,367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$96,042 ±$15,987 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chisago County: $98,260 ±$3,166
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

7.2% ±3.9% (81  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chisago County: 5.9% † 3,322 (±1% / ±560)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

38.6 minutes ±7.3 (22,330  ±5,976) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chisago County: 31.6 807,695 (±0.8 / ±29,407)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

426 ±69 Number of households
  • Chisago County: 21,252 ±245
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.7 ±0.2 (1,151  ±202) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chisago County: 2.6 55,705 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

10.1% ±11% (28  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chisago County: 6.9% † 803 (±1.4% / ±161)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

435 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Chisago County: 22,711 ±54
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$225,700 ±$23,371 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chisago County: $326,600 ±$6,202
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

7.1% ±4.6% (81  ±54.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chisago County: 9.1% † 5,190 (±1.1% / ±637.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

95.8% ±21.5% (723  ±105.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chisago County: 95.6% 38,559 (±2.6% / ±1,058.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
16% ±4.4% (121  ±39) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chisago County: 24% 9,679 (±1.3% / ±519.7)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.7% ±1.6% (19  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chisago County: 2.4% 1,356
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

3.5% ±1.8% (29  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Chisago County: 7.8% 3,443 (±0.7% / ±306)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
29 Total veterans ±16 26 Male ±15 3 Female ±4

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