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Elk River city, Sherburne County, MN

26,367 Population
42.3 square miles 623 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sherburne County: 36.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$47,759 ±$3,450 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sherburne County: $44,241 ±$1,336
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$99,457 ±$13,513 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Sherburne County: $102,965 ±$4,631
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

3.2% ±1.2% (823  ±311) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sherburne County: 4.8% † 4,702 (±0.8% / ±816)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

28.3 minutes ±1.6 (335,910  ±30,906) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sherburne County: 31.3 1,450,205 (±0.9 / ±56,617)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

9,633 ±365 Number of households
  • Sherburne County: 34,951 ±406
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.7 ±0.1 (25,709  ±44) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sherburne County: 2.8 97,275 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

7% ±3.1% (420  ±190) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Sherburne County: 7% † 1,602 (±1.5% / ±340)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

10,114 ±380 Number of housing units
  • Sherburne County: 36,581 ±57
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$338,300 ±$12,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Sherburne County: $332,700 ±$4,956
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

13.5% ±3.2% (3,503  ±832.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sherburne County: 10.9% † 10,708 (±1.3% / ±1,304.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

93.9% ±4.8% (17,077  ±994.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sherburne County: 94.4% 61,647 (±2.8% / ±1,821)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
30.8% ±2.7% (5,603  ±521.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sherburne County: 28.1% 18,370 (±1.6% / ±1,014.9)
  • about 80 percent 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

6.5% ±2.1% (1,707  ±546) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sherburne County: 4% 3,965
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

7.2% ±1.3% (1,419  ±262) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sherburne County: 6.5% † 4,747 (±0.7% / ±494)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
1,419 Total veterans ±262 1,343 Male ±255 76 Female ±60

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