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Elk River, MN

26,793 Population
42.3 square miles 633 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,113 ±$4,004 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $52,840 ±$319
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$108,741 ±$13,753 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $99,833 ±$641
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.4% ±1% (898  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 8.2% 300,663 (±0.2% / ±8,118)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±1 (336,100  ±25,001) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 23.9 36,953,836 (±0.1 / ±257,604)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,835 ±379 Number of households
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,477,259 ±2,971
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (26,171  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.5 3,646,176
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±3% (368  ±182) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.3% 46,680 (±0.2% / ±1,657)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,214 ±375 Number of housing units
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,551,396 ±396
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$370,100 ±$12,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $374,000 ±$1,103
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±2.7% (3,232  ±724.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 12.4% 454,009 (±0.2% / ±7,923)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±4.9% (17,527  ±1,033.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 94.3% 2,399,502 (±0.4% / ±11,171.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.8% ±3% (6,239  ±579.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 45.4% 1,155,399 (±0.3% / ±7,449.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • a little less than 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

5.8% ±1.8% (1,559  ±484) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 10.9% 404,575
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.4% (1,410  ±285) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.3% 150,014 (±0.1% / ±2,365)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,410 Total veterans ±285 1,302 Male ±277 108 Female ±60

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