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Melrose township, Stearns County, MN

1,198 Population
39.3 square miles 30.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±17.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Stearns County: 35.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,056 ±$6,175 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Stearns County: $38,286 ±$892
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$97,000 ±$31,979 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Stearns County: $77,066 ±$1,832
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

0.7% ±0.7% (8  ±9) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Stearns County: 12.9% 19,912 (±1.2% / ±1,786)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.3 minutes ±8.6 (9,300  ±2,873) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Stearns County: 21.7 1,616,525 (±0.7 / ±56,089)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

416 ±121 Number of households
  • Stearns County: 61,403 ±529
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±1.1 (1,198  ±277) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Stearns County: 2.5 153,299 (±0 / ±126)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.7% ±11.3% (29  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Stearns County: 5.7% † 2,141 (±1% / ±374)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

445 ±119 Number of housing units
  • Stearns County: 66,625 ±93
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$298,700 ±$174,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Stearns County: $273,400 ±$5,311
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.7% ±2.6% (43  ±32.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Stearns County: 14.3% 22,645 (±1.1% / ±1,741.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.5% ±33.4% (801  ±171.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Stearns County: 92.5% 92,317 (±1.9% / ±1,856.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.6% ±7.6% (179  ±79.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Stearns County: 28.8% 28,725 (±1.1% / ±1,044.3)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.7% (4  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Stearns County: 7.9% 12,644
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±2.2% (48  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Stearns County: 6.3% 7,695 (±0.5% / ±602)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
48 Total veterans ±24 42 Male ±21 6 Female ±8

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