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Aitkin, MN

2,217 Population
2.9 square miles 758.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Aitkin County: 56.5 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$25,091 ±$2,045 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Aitkin County: $35,185 ±$1,031
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$45,813 ±$7,549 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Aitkin County: $59,498 ±$2,209
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

19.1% ±5.6% (387  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Aitkin County: 12.4% 1,937 (±1.1% / ±170)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

14 minutes ±2 (10,030  ±2,177) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Aitkin County: 29 153,985 (±1.3 / ±8,606)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

899 ±92 Number of households
  • Aitkin County: 6,935 ±184
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.2 ±0 (2,000  ±208) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Aitkin County: 2.3 15,674 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

3.9% ±3.8% (15  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Aitkin County: 5.7% † 139 (±1.7% / ±41)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

1,068 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Aitkin County: 14,203 ±60
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$172,800 ±$13,133 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Aitkin County: $235,100 ±$7,458
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

18.9% ±5.1% (417  ±119) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Aitkin County: 9.6% † 1,523 (±1.2% / ±193)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

91.7% ±5.2% (1,456  ±162.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Aitkin County: 93.6% 11,714 (±2.3% / ±295.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
20% ±3.8% (317  ±67.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Aitkin County: 19% 2,373 (±1.2% / ±145.3)
  • 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

0.6% ±0.7% (13  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Aitkin County: 0.7% 113
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.9% ±1.8% (102  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Aitkin County: 10.5% 1,407 (±0.8% / ±109)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
102 Total veterans ±32 81 Male ±27 21 Female ±16

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