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Compton township, Otter Tail County, MN

780 Population
35.5 square miles 22 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Otter Tail County: 46.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$38,323 ±$8,026 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Otter Tail County: $38,723 ±$804
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$75,500 ±$16,194 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Otter Tail County: $70,912 ±$1,842
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

4.5% ±3.3% (35  ±26) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Otter Tail County: 8.9% 5,273 (±0.9% / ±520)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

29.5 minutes ±9.4 (9,470  ±2,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Otter Tail County: 21.3 527,900 (±0.6 / ±18,109)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

264 ±39 Number of households
  • Otter Tail County: 25,181 ±348
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
3 ±0.1 (780  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Otter Tail County: 2.3 58,994 (±0 / ±29)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

10.1% ±6.8% (17  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Otter Tail County: 6.9% † 744 (±1.3% / ±136)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

287 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Otter Tail County: 36,669 ±153
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$198,500 ±$24,818 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Otter Tail County: $252,500 ±$6,076
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

7.3% ±3.3% (56  ±26.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Otter Tail County: 10.9% 6,482 (±1.1% / ±632.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

85% ±16.7% (414  ±57.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Otter Tail County: 94% 40,571 (±2.1% / ±906.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
21.6% ±6.9% (105  ±36.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Otter Tail County: 27.4% 11,817 (±1.1% / ±472.9)
  • about three-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

1.4% ±1.4% (11  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Otter Tail County: 2.6% 1,538
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.3% ±2.3% (29  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Otter Tail County: 8.1% 3,802 (±0.6% / ±264)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
29 Total veterans ±13 27 Male ±13 2 Female ±3

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