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Lester Prairie city, McLeod County, MN

1,848 Population
1 square miles 1,842.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McLeod County: 41.5 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$38,575 ±$4,103 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in McLeod County: $41,336 ±$2,379
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$87,188 ±$21,078 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in McLeod County: $78,468 ±$4,144
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

5.3% ±3.1% (97  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in McLeod County: 7.7% † 2,799 (±1.5% / ±553)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

31.3 minutes ±4.4 (28,185  ±6,002) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in McLeod County: 24.3 427,070 (±1.7 / ±31,093)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

710 ±84 Number of households
  • McLeod County: 14,971 ±254
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.6 ±0.4 (1,848  ±213) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in McLeod County: 2.4 36,181 (±0 / ±34)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

3.5% ±4.2% (15  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McLeod County: 5.8% † 439 (±1.9% / ±145)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

727 ±84 Number of housing units
  • McLeod County: 15,936 ±60
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$217,000 ±$10,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in McLeod County: $233,400 ±$6,106
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

8.7% ±3.3% (159  ±62.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in McLeod County: 8.5% † 3,106 (±1.3% / ±488.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

90.9% ±15.1% (1,044  ±117.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McLeod County: 93.5% 24,083 (±3.1% / ±810.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
15.8% ±3.4% (181  ±45) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in McLeod County: 19.6% 5,047 (±1.5% / ±391.6)
  • 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

5.2% ±2.7% (96  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in McLeod County: 3.8% 1,403
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

6% ±1.9% (77  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McLeod County: 6.8% † 1,931 (±0.9% / ±251)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
77 Total veterans ±26 77 Male ±26 N/A Female ±9

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