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Fosston, MN

1,283 Population
2 square miles 640.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 33.1 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$27,531 ±$3,999 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: $38,623 ±$913
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$50,694 ±$6,297 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: $68,653 ±$2,265
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

24.2% ±8.7% (284  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 13.2% 12,963 (±1.1% / ±1,035)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

14.3 minutes ±4.1 (6,160  ±2,108) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 16.7 861,085 (±0.6 / ±34,741)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

560 ±53 Number of households
  • the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 43,493 ±489
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2 ±0.1 (1,133  ±132) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 2.3 97,781 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

9.3% ±4.9% (23  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 6.4% † 1,575 (±0.9% / ±228)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

613 ±50 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 48,406 ±102
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$126,500 ±$26,641 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: $232,900 ±$4,336
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

20.6% ±9% (261  ±116.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 20% 20,436 (±1.2% / ±1,191.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

82% ±10% (790  ±116.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 94.9% 60,775 (±2.4% / ±1,572.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
22.1% ±7.3% (213  ±72.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 34.2% 21,910 (±1.5% / ±963.7)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.3% ±0.4% (4  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 4.8% 4,990
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

8.2% ±3.4% (82  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 7.6% 5,974 (±0.6% / ±504)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
82 Total veterans ±35 80 Male ±34 2 Female ±3

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