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Wadena township, Wadena County, MN

986 Population
31.4 square miles 31.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wadena County: 40.1 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$36,751 ±$5,172 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wadena County: $30,037 ±$1,317
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$80,962 ±$11,587 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wadena County: $56,882 ±$3,111
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

3.8% ±4.5% (37  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Wadena County: 11.4% † 1,570 (±2% / ±273)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

17.3 minutes ±10.3 (7,020  ±2,380) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wadena County: 21.7 128,370 (±1.1 / ±9,005)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

388 ±100 Number of households
  • Wadena County: 5,889 ±172
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.5 ±0.2 (986  ±270) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wadena County: 2.3 13,697 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

10.7% ±7.6% (18  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wadena County: 5.2% † 150 (±1.7% / ±49)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

420 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Wadena County: 6,990 ±41
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$184,000 ±$19,228 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wadena County: $170,500 ±$5,607
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

5.8% ±5.6% (57  ±56.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wadena County: 10.4% † 1,452 (±2% / ±279.1)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

95.5% ±29.3% (682  ±118.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wadena County: 91.4% 8,650 (±4.5% / ±424.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
21.4% ±9.9% (153  ±80.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wadena County: 17.5% † 1,656 (±1.9% / ±181.7)
  • about half 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

0.2% ±0.4% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wadena County: 1.8% 254
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.4% ±3.1% (40  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wadena County: 8.1% † 841 (±0.9% / ±94)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
40 Total veterans ±25 31 Male ±20 9 Female ±11

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