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Northfield, MN

20,678 Population
8.5 square miles 2,439.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 37.1 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$37,147 ±$2,369 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: $38,276 ±$1,072
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$92,000 ±$13,608 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: $82,792 ±$2,658
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

7.3% ±2.1% (1,106  ±320) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 9.3% † 5,550 (±1.9% / ±1,150)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

18.9 minutes ±1.2 (163,035  ±14,371) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 22.5 648,680 (±0.5 / ±24,705)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

6,368 ±302 Number of households
  • the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 23,345 ±334
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.4 ±0.1 (15,128  ±204) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 2.5 59,381 (±0 / ±185)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

2.2% ±1% (137  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 6% † 922 (±1.3% / ±200)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

6,648 ±289 Number of housing units
  • the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 25,173 ±88
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$305,300 ±$19,205 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: $298,500 ±$8,740
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

23.1% ±3.3% (4,729  ±678.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 13.2% † 8,818 (±1.3% / ±885.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

97.2% ±5.1% (10,501  ±662.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 93% 40,088 (±2.7% / ±1,169.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
51.5% ±3.6% (5,563  ±431.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 29.7% 12,805 (±1.5% / ±649.5)
  • about 1.3 times 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

10% ±2.1% (2,075  ±428) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 8.7% 5,860
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.4% ±1% (924  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 6.5% 3,400 (±0.6% / ±329)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
924 Total veterans ±177 893 Male ±175 31 Female ±22

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