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Shafer city, Chisago County, MN

1,186 Population
1.3 square miles 934 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chisago County: 40.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,976 ±$4,992 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chisago County: $44,346 ±$1,302
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$99,489 ±$13,700 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chisago County: $99,400 ±$4,454
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±4.3% (87  ±52) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chisago County: 6% † 3,368 (±1% / ±588)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

39.5 minutes ±4.5 (24,080  ±5,102) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chisago County: 31 769,975 (±0.9 / ±30,363)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

431 ±71 Number of households
  • Chisago County: 21,364 ±268
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.6 (1,186  ±185) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chisago County: 2.6 56,271 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.5% ±10.6% (29  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chisago County: 6.9% † 805 (±1.3% / ±150)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

448 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Chisago County: 22,998 ±94
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$242,800 ±$23,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chisago County: $351,900 ±$6,392
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.1% ±2.8% (36  ±32.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Chisago County: 9.3% † 5,314 (±1.2% / ±693.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.1% ±20.7% (755  ±108.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chisago County: 95.9% 39,273 (±2.7% / ±1,120.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.6% ±5.1% (162  ±48) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chisago County: 24.4% 9,975 (±1.4% / ±557.1)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.1% ±3% (37  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chisago County: 2.5% 1,427
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.1% ±2% (27  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chisago County: 8% 3,601 (±0.7% / ±333)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
27 Total veterans ±18 20 Male ±17 7 Female ±7

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