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Melrose township, Stearns County, MN

1,153 Population
39.3 square miles 29.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±18.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Stearns County: 35 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$37,712 ±$5,889 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Stearns County: $37,806 ±$949
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$91,696 ±$25,210 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Stearns County: $76,447 ±$1,509
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

1.5% ±1.4% (17  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Stearns County: 12.2% † 18,584 (±1.2% / ±1,902)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

17.3 minutes ±9.3 (9,575  ±3,010) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Stearns County: 22.1 1,645,410 (±0.6 / ±54,739)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

399 ±121 Number of households
  • Stearns County: 60,937 ±436
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.9 ±1.1 (1,153  ±287) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Stearns County: 2.5 151,820 (±0 / ±128)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

10.6% ±10.2% (21  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Stearns County: 5.3% † 1,992 (±0.9% / ±347)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

446 ±121 Number of housing units
  • Stearns County: 66,211 ±82
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$293,100 ±$149,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Stearns County: $256,500 ±$4,978
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

2.9% ±1.9% (33  ±23.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Stearns County: 14.3% 22,521 (±1% / ±1,609.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

97.6% ±34.5% (760  ±161.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Stearns County: 92.8% 91,583 (±1.9% / ±1,918.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
21.7% ±6.9% (169  ±71.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Stearns County: 28.6% 28,217 (±1.1% / ±1,071.6)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.8% ±1.5% (50  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Stearns County: 6.6% 7,998 (±0.5% / ±585)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
50 Total veterans ±19 42 Male ±16 8 Female ±7

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