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Empire township, Dakota County, MN

3,091 Population
30.5 square miles 101.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Dakota County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$51,904 ±$3,963 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Dakota County: $50,901 ±$592
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$154,167 ±$12,316 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Dakota County: $105,212 ±$1,290
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

1.6% ±1.2% (50  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Dakota County: 5.6% 24,512 (±0.5% / ±2,047)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

29.5 minutes ±2.5 (42,660  ±5,792) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dakota County: 24.2 4,615,040 (±0.4 / ±99,185)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

1,030 ±74 Number of households
  • Dakota County: 171,630 ±571
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
3 ±0.2 (3,081  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dakota County: 2.6 438,822 (±0 / ±45)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

4% ±2.7% (26  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dakota County: 5.6% 5,589 (±0.5% / ±500)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

1,045 ±74 Number of housing units
  • Dakota County: 176,447 ±140
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$439,900 ±$24,105 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dakota County: $362,100 ±$2,738
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

9.8% ±6.6% (301  ±201) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dakota County: 11.3% 49,329 (±0.6% / ±2,695)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

98% ±9.5% (2,017  ±224.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dakota County: 95.5% 287,575 (±1.2% / ±3,735.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
39.8% ±5.9% (818  ±130.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dakota County: 44.6% 134,328 (±0.8% / ±2,411.8)
  • about the same as 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

1.4% ±1.3% (44  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Dakota County: 9.7% 43,046
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

6.1% ±1.9% (137  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Dakota County: 6.2% 20,850 (±0.3% / ±915)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
137 Total veterans ±42 137 Male ±42 N/A Female ±9

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