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Census Tract 1701, Blue Earth, MN

5,481 Population
43.2 square miles 127 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Eagle Lake: 32.6 ±1.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Blue Earth County: 31.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$43,355 ±$3,385 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Eagle Lake: $35,728 ±$3,168
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Blue Earth County: $37,155 ±$1,139
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
$92,188 ±$10,268 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Eagle Lake: $96,964 † ±$15,824
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Blue Earth County: $74,477 ±$2,447
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409

5.7% ±1.8% (309  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Eagle Lake: 6.2% † 202 (±3.1% / ±100)
  • about one-third of the rate in Blue Earth County: 15.7% 10,363 (±1.5% / ±1,017)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)

20.6 minutes ±1.3 (50,810  ±5,133) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Eagle Lake: 17.9 † 28,355 (±1.8 / ±3,965)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Blue Earth County: 16.8 568,165 (±0.5 / ±20,737)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)

Families

2,147 ±136 Number of households
  • Eagle Lake: 1,198 ±105
  • Blue Earth County: 27,606 ±356
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
2.5 ±0.2 (5,462  ±259) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Eagle Lake: 2.7 3,267 (±0.2 / ±34)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Blue Earth County: 2.4 65,480 (±0 / ±63)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148

10.9% ±4.9% (119  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Eagle Lake: 12.1% † 96 (±6.1% / ±50)
  • nearly double the rate in Blue Earth County: 5.9% † 1,086 (±1.5% / ±269)
  • about double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)

Housing

2,424 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Eagle Lake: 1,235 ±107
  • Blue Earth County: 29,864 ±67
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535

$317,000 ±$24,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Eagle Lake: $276,500 ±$20,058
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Blue Earth County: $266,700 ±$6,335
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903

13.7% ±3.6% (742  ±199.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Eagle Lake: 18.6% † 600 (±5.7% / ±184.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Blue Earth County: 21.1% 14,523 (±1.7% / ±1,154.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)

Social

97.3% ±4.4% (3,617  ±246.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Eagle Lake: 97% 2,021 (±8.1% / ±209)
  • a little higher than the rate in Blue Earth County: 94.7% 38,719 (±2.8% / ±1,155.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
36% ±3.5% (1,338  ±146.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Eagle Lake: 37.6% † 783 (±5.5% / ±123.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Blue Earth County: 34.2% 13,973 (±1.7% / ±701.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)

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

2.3% ±1.7% (125  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Eagle Lake: 3.2% † 104 (±2.8% / ±93)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Blue Earth County: 5.4% 3,741
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722

6.9% ±1.3% (277  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Eagle Lake: 5.9% † 133 (±1.7% / ±39)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Blue Earth County: 4.5% † 2,511 (±0.5% / ±292)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
277 Total veterans ±55 275 Male ±55 2 Female ±3

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