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Mankato, MN

45,473 Population
19.9 square miles 2,287.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 34 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,811 ±$1,674 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: $39,431 ±$1,687
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,873 ±$3,705 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: $75,808 ±$2,752
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.6% ±2.3% (8,668  ±963) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 13.2% 12,920 (±1.1% / ±1,042)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.9 minutes ±0.7 (315,680  ±18,432) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 16.7 825,905 (±0.5 / ±27,706)
  • about three-fifths 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

18,075 ±375 Number of households
  • the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 40,608 ±407
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (41,325  ±72) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 2.4 96,632 (±0 / ±87)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±1.8% (740  ±244) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 5.4% † 1,430 (±1.1% / ±284)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,529 ±229 Number of housing units
  • the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 43,460 ±109
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$261,700 ±$9,743 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: $268,100 ±$4,414
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.6% ±2.5% (12,409  ±1,107.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 18.5% 19,072 (±1.3% / ±1,318)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±4.2% (22,497  ±1,082.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 94.7% 59,828 (±2.3% / ±1,460.7)
  • 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)
35.1% ±2.7% (8,468  ±669.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 34.9% 22,025 (±1.4% / ±894.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about the same as 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

7.4% ±1% (3,373  ±455) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 5.1% 5,316
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±0.7% (1,353  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 4.8% 3,971 (±0.4% / ±348)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,353 Total veterans ±279 1,287 Male ±269 66 Female ±58

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