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Dawson, MN

1,441 Population
1.4 square miles 1,002.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lac qui Parle County: 47.7 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$37,217 ±$4,353 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lac qui Parle County: $40,282 ±$1,952
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$70,286 ±$9,603 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lac qui Parle County: $71,639 ±$3,965
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

7.2% ±2.7% (99  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lac qui Parle County: 8% † 520 (±1.5% / ±100)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

13.7 minutes ±1.3 (9,570  ±1,416) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lac qui Parle County: 17.3 48,050 (±0.8 / ±3,038)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

616 ±60 Number of households
  • Lac qui Parle County: 2,881 ±96
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.2 ±0.3 (1,358  ±131) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lac qui Parle County: 2.3 6,534 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

2% ±1.6% (6  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Lac qui Parle County: 5.7% † 66 (±1.9% / ±22)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

693 ±61 Number of housing units
  • Lac qui Parle County: 3,474 ±30
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$118,800 ±$16,951 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lac qui Parle County: $143,400 ±$13,204
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

10.1% ±3.3% (145  ±48.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lac qui Parle County: 7.2% † 479 (±1.5% / ±96.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

93.5% ±4.7% (934  ±96.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lac qui Parle County: 95.2% 4,609 (±3.7% / ±182.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
19.2% ±3.2% (192  ±36.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lac qui Parle County: 22.1% 1,070 (±1.6% / ±76.6)
  • 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

5.6% ±2.5% (80  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lac qui Parle County: 1.9% 130
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

8.4% ±2.5% (97  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Lac qui Parle County: 8% † 416 (±1.2% / ±60)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
97 Total veterans ±30 97 Male ±30 N/A Female ±9

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