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Blooming Prairie city, Steele County, MN

1,843 Population
1.4 square miles 1,363.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Steele County: 40.5 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,429 ±$4,848 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Steele County: $41,674 ±$1,855
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,656 ±$8,737 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Steele County: $84,196 ±$5,645
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±3.1% (134  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Steele County: 8.3% † 3,079 (±1.6% / ±585)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.2 minutes ±5.5 (15,030  ±2,716) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Steele County: 19.1 321,940 (±1.3 / ±25,243)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

805 ±111 Number of households
  • Steele County: 15,138 ±250
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,789  ±260) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Steele County: 2.4 36,878 (±0 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±2.6% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Steele County: 5.2% † 416 (±1.5% / ±119)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

834 ±107 Number of housing units
  • Steele County: 15,995 ±40
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,300 ±$20,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Steele County: $245,400 ±$8,328
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±4.3% (189  ±82.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Steele County: 10.6% † 3,934 (±1.8% / ±666.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.2% ±6.5% (1,148  ±158.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Steele County: 93.7% 24,016 (±3.6% / ±935.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.8% ±7.7% (387  ±109.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Steele County: 28% 7,168 (±2% / ±521.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.4% ±2.8% (62  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Steele County: 4.3% 1,618
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±3.6% (129  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Steele County: 7.4% † 2,104 (±1.1% / ±300)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
129 Total veterans ±54 125 Male ±54 4 Female ±5

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