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Alton township, Waseca County, MN

446 Population
34.8 square miles 12.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±3.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Waseca County: 40.6 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,457 ±$6,078 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Waseca County: $36,326 ±$1,497
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$108,750 ±$20,029 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Waseca County: $76,261 ±$4,791
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4% ±3.1% (18  ±14) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Waseca County: 7.5% † 1,339 (±1.5% / ±264)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±4.9 (5,970  ±1,745) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Waseca County: 22.2 190,410 (±0.9 / ±10,281)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

161 ±31 Number of households
  • Waseca County: 7,477 ±149
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.7 (446  ±74) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Waseca County: 2.4 17,882 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 10 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

4.6% ±9% (4  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Waseca County: 3.6% † 163 (±1.4% / ±63)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

171 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Waseca County: 7,922 ±80
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$237,000 ±$37,330 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Waseca County: $220,800 ±$8,616
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.1% ±4.5% (31  ±20.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waseca County: 10.6% † 1,981 (±1.8% / ±331.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.8% ±23.7% (315  ±51.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Waseca County: 93.5% 12,214 (±4.1% / ±550.3)
  • 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)
20.8% ±7.5% (67  ±26.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waseca County: 21% 2,743 (±1.9% / ±245.2)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.6% ±3.6% (26  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Waseca County: 5.8% † 851 (±0.9% / ±137)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
26 Total veterans ±13 23 Male ±12 3 Female ±3

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