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Northfield, MN

20,742 Population
8.5 square miles 2,447.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.2 ±2.6 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: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,703 ±$2,363 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: $38,682 ±$1,103
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
$84,895 ±$8,327 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: $83,181 ±$2,894
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409

8.8% ±2.6% (1,363  ±402) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 10.2% † 6,157 (±1.7% / ±1,043)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)

17.7 minutes ±1.1 (152,485  ±13,044) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 21.8 636,350 (±0.6 / ±23,920)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)

Families

6,380 ±311 Number of households
  • the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 23,493 ±294
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
2.4 ±0.1 (15,260  ±194) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 2.6 59,968 (±0 / ±175)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148

2.5% ±1.1% (154  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 5.7% † 887 (±1.4% / ±217)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)

Housing

6,771 ±286 Number of housing units
  • the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 25,295 ±80
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535

$329,400 ±$21,455 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: $320,200 ±$9,461
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903

22.3% ±3.5% (4,571  ±714.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 12.5% † 8,394 (±1.4% / ±942.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)

Social

96.7% ±4.7% (10,500  ±641.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 92.7% 40,571 (±2.8% / ±1,221.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
53.3% ±3.8% (5,795  ±470.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 30.2% 13,207 (±1.6% / ±689.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.8% ±2% (1,834  ±414) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 8.7% 5,875
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722

4.9% ±1.1% (841  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area: 5.9% † 3,116 (±0.6% / ±314)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
841 Total veterans ±191 783 Male ±179 58 Female ±36

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