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Brainerd, MN

14,474 Population
12.1 square miles 1,193.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 46.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$29,935 ±$2,258 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: $39,104 ±$906
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$53,705 ±$5,561 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: $69,311 ±$1,667
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

16.7% ±3.7% (2,321  ±507) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 10.6% 10,251 (±0.8% / ±720)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

18.8 minutes ±2 (121,295  ±15,371) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 23.5 916,925 (±0.6 / ±30,276)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

6,327 ±279 Number of households
  • the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 41,546 ±468
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.2 ±0.1 (13,740  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 2.3 96,222 (±0 / ±51)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

3.2% ±1.8% (110  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 4.9% † 877 (±0.8% / ±141)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

6,692 ±288 Number of housing units
  • the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 66,485 ±77
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$178,600 ±$11,876 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: $270,500 ±$4,822
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

13.2% ±3.2% (1,900  ±465.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 10.2% 9,924 (±0.7% / ±692.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

92% ±5.9% (9,082  ±684.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 94.5% 67,565 (±1.6% / ±1,159.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
19.5% ±3.2% (1,928  ±326.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 27.6% 19,715 (±0.9% / ±642.7)
  • 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

1.1% ±0.6% (163  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 1.4% 1,386
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

7.6% ±1.6% (859  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Brainerd, MN Micro Area: 9% 7,007 (±0.3% / ±254)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
859 Total veterans ±178 851 Male ±176 8 Female ±13

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