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Waterford township, Dakota County, MN

525 Population
14.6 square miles 36 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dakota County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$42,165 ±$5,189 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dakota County: $50,901 ±$592
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$84,583 ±$31,518 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dakota County: $105,212 ±$1,290
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

10.1% ±6.2% (53  ±34) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Dakota County: 5.6% 24,512 (±0.5% / ±2,047)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

24 minutes ±3.4 (5,705  ±1,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Dakota County: 24.2 4,615,040 (±0.4 / ±99,185)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

199 ±34 Number of households
  • Dakota County: 171,630 ±571
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.6 ±0.3 (525  ±105) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Dakota County: 2.6 438,822 (±0 / ±45)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

8% ±7.5% (8  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dakota County: 5.6% 5,589 (±0.5% / ±500)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

217 ±37 Number of housing units
  • Dakota County: 176,447 ±140
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$351,400 ±$41,044 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dakota County: $362,100 ±$2,738
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

5.2% ±5.1% (27  ±26.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Dakota County: 11.3% 49,329 (±0.6% / ±2,695)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

92.3% ±20.6% (348  ±50.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dakota County: 95.5% 287,575 (±1.2% / ±3,735.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
30% ±4.9% (113  ±26.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dakota County: 44.6% 134,328 (±0.8% / ±2,411.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.6% ±2.4% (19  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dakota County: 9.7% 43,046
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

11.3% ±3.1% (48  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Dakota County: 6.2% 20,850 (±0.3% / ±915)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
48 Total veterans ±16 39 Male ±14 9 Female ±8

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