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Owatonna, MN

26,462 Population
15.2 square miles 1,744.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 40.2 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$41,718 ±$2,673 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: $41,392 ±$1,918
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$81,276 ±$6,394 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: $83,448 ±$4,523
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

8.2% ±1.7% (2,129  ±433) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 7.4% † 2,746 (±1.2% / ±447)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

17.6 minutes ±1.1 (207,705  ±16,220) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 19 321,150 (±0.9 / ±18,298)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

10,893 ±206 Number of households
  • the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 15,001 ±193
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.4 ±0.1 (25,951  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 2.5 36,822 (±0 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

5.6% ±2.3% (308  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 5.7% † 444 (±1.7% / ±129)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

11,371 ±147 Number of housing units
  • the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 15,878 ±58
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$234,600 ±$7,719 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: $234,200 ±$6,836
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

12.2% ±2.5% (3,186  ±644.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 10.9% † 4,038 (±1.8% / ±650.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

94.2% ±4.7% (16,954  ±875.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 93.7% 23,828 (±3.5% / ±911.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
32.3% ±2.8% (5,812  ±515.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 29.7% 7,552 (±2.1% / ±533.1)
  • about 80 percent 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

5.5% ±1.3% (1,446  ±341) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 4.8% 1,803
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

7.4% ±1.3% (1,491  ±258) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 7.2% † 2,034 (±0.9% / ±253)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
1,491 Total veterans ±258 1,365 Male ±244 126 Female ±82

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