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Lake Benton, MN

698 Population
3.2 square miles 217.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±4.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lincoln County: 45 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$31,527 ±$4,156 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $38,390 ±$2,228
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$52,000 ±$14,628 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lincoln County: $67,715 ±$3,078
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

13.3% ±4.4% (93  ±33) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 9.2% † 496 (±1.4% / ±73)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

26.3 minutes ±2.5 (8,065  ±2,022) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 22.7 51,840 (±1.6 / ±4,194)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

336 ±51 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 2,435 ±81
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.1 ±0.4 (698  ±96) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.2 5,407 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

8.8% ±6.3% (16  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 8.2% † 87 (±2% / ±21)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

401 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 3,061 ±34
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$91,900 ±$12,379 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lincoln County: $152,200 ±$10,060
  • about one-third of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

14.8% ±7.4% (103  ±53.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 9.9% † 549 (±1.8% / ±98.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

94.7% ±3% (463  ±67) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln County: 94.3% 3,716 (±4.1% / ±162.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
21.7% ±5.5% (106  ±30.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 24.4% 962 (±2% / ±78.7)
  • 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

0.7% ±0.7% (5  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 0.9% 49
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

11.3% ±4.8% (63  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 7.8% † 335 (±1.1% / ±48)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
63 Total veterans ±28 55 Male ±27 8 Female ±10

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