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Blooming Prairie city, Steele County, MN

1,977 Population
1.4 square miles 1,463 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±6.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Steele County: 40.2 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$33,932 ±$3,722 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Steele County: $41,392 ±$1,918
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$63,929 ±$7,849 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Steele County: $83,448 ±$4,523
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

5.6% ±3% (108  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Steele County: 7.4% † 2,746 (±1.2% / ±447)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

19 minutes ±1.5 (15,560  ±2,907) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Steele County: 19 321,150 (±0.9 / ±18,298)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

822 ±115 Number of households
  • Steele County: 15,001 ±193
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.3 ±0.4 (1,922  ±231) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Steele County: 2.5 36,822 (±0 / ±22)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

855 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Steele County: 15,878 ±58
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$155,800 ±$12,500 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Steele County: $234,200 ±$6,836
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

9.1% ±4.2% (178  ±85.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Steele County: 10.9% † 4,038 (±1.8% / ±650.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

90.5% ±6.7% (1,225  ±160.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Steele County: 93.7% 23,828 (±3.5% / ±911.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
26.1% ±6.9% (354  ±100.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Steele County: 29.7% 7,552 (±2.1% / ±533.1)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.1% ±2.3% (42  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Steele County: 4.8% 1,803
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

8.7% ±3.1% (128  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Steele County: 7.2% † 2,034 (±0.9% / ±253)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
128 Total veterans ±47 124 Male ±47 4 Female ±5

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