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Forest Prairie township, Meeker County, MN

1,048 Population
34 square miles 30.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±9.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Meeker County: 42.3 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$38,449 ±$5,904 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Meeker County: $37,014 ±$1,074
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$106,750 ±$8,872 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Meeker County: $75,037 ±$4,006
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

4.5% ±2.4% (47  ±28) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Meeker County: 8.3% † 1,915 (±1.1% / ±255)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

37.1 minutes ±10.8 (18,085  ±6,773) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Meeker County: 24.3 261,170 (±1 / ±12,220)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

345 ±55 Number of households
  • Meeker County: 9,141 ±191
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
3 ±0.6 (1,048  ±255) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Meeker County: 2.5 23,003 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

3.2% ±3.6% (6  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Meeker County: 7.2% † 329 (±1.7% / ±76)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

387 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Meeker County: 10,671 ±60
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$285,200 ±$22,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Meeker County: $228,900 ±$7,234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

3.4% ±1.9% (35  ±21.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Meeker County: 7.2% † 1,672 (±1.2% / ±285.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

92.8% ±21.3% (619  ±90.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Meeker County: 93.7% 15,033 (±3% / ±488.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
11.5% ±3.3% (77  ±25.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Meeker County: 20.4% 3,267 (±1.5% / ±234.4)
  • about one-third 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

0.3% ±0.4% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Meeker County: 1.4% 331
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

6.1% ±2.8% (44  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Meeker County: 6.5% † 1,154 (±0.7% / ±126)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
44 Total veterans ±22 41 Male ±21 3 Female ±4

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