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Fosston, MN

1,374 Population
2 square miles 682.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 33.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,204 ±$3,479 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: $39,465 ±$1,023
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,500 ±$8,558 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: $69,836 ±$3,527
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.6% ±7.6% (325  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 12.8% 12,526 (±1.1% / ±1,026)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.6 minutes ±4.5 (7,065  ±2,480) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 16.6 860,995 (±0.7 / ±41,518)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

604 ±73 Number of households
  • the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 43,655 ±560
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (1,229  ±144) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 2.2 97,579 (±0 / ±68)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.7% ±5.7% (27  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 6.1% † 1,504 (±1% / ±250)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

643 ±72 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 48,588 ±92
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,700 ±$19,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: $242,500 ±$4,324
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.6% ±8.5% (292  ±119.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 19.1% 19,563 (±1.3% / ±1,354.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±3.6% (851  ±95.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 95.2% 61,186 (±2.4% / ±1,576.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.7% ±4.4% (209  ±49.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 34.8% 22,350 (±1.5% / ±991.7)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.1% ±0.2% (1  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 5.4% 5,546
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±2.2% (56  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 7.2% 5,700 (±0.5% / ±408)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
56 Total veterans ±24 56 Male ±24 N/A Female ±10

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