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Dodge Center city, Dodge County, MN

2,880 Population
2.4 square miles 1,194.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dodge County: 38.7 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,997 ±$4,124 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dodge County: $43,583 ±$1,515
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$93,884 ±$13,917 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Dodge County: $95,739 ±$3,210
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.7% ±1.7% (104  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Dodge County: 7% † 1,454 (±1.5% / ±300)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±4 (41,185  ±7,138) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Dodge County: 25.9 249,795 (±1.8 / ±20,319)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,153 ±82 Number of households
  • Dodge County: 8,083 ±127
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (2,835  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dodge County: 2.6 20,883 (±0 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±3.6% (42  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Dodge County: 6.2% † 296 (±1.7% / ±80)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,209 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Dodge County: 8,484 ±37
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$197,600 ±$27,059 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dodge County: $287,700 ±$9,062
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±3.2% (270  ±90.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dodge County: 7.7% † 1,606 (±1.6% / ±322.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.8% ±9% (1,903  ±204.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dodge County: 95.4% 13,534 (±3.8% / ±540.5)
  • a little higher than 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)
16.7% ±3.8% (328  ±77.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Dodge County: 30.2% 4,283 (±2.1% / ±304.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about half 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

3.2% ±1.7% (92  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dodge County: 2.9% 608
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.1% (142  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Dodge County: 6.2% † 983 (±0.8% / ±118)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
142 Total veterans ±49 122 Male ±47 20 Female ±18

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