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Owatonna, MN

26,498 Population
15.2 square miles 1,747.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,767 ±$2,478 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: $41,674 ±$1,855
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,750 ±$8,366 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: $84,196 ±$5,645
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±2.2% (2,410  ±567) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 8.3% † 3,079 (±1.6% / ±585)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.7 minutes ±1.8 (208,475  ±23,845) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 19.1 321,940 (±1.3 / ±25,243)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,018 ±215 Number of households
  • the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 15,138 ±250
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (26,026  ±61) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 2.4 36,878 (±0 / ±17)
  • 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

4.8% ±1.9% (276  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 5.2% † 416 (±1.5% / ±119)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,500 ±147 Number of housing units
  • the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 15,995 ±40
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$245,200 ±$10,754 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: $245,400 ±$8,328
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±2.4% (3,084  ±642.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 10.6% † 3,934 (±1.8% / ±666.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±4.7% (17,199  ±897.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 93.7% 24,016 (±3.6% / ±935.5)
  • 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)
29.3% ±2.7% (5,339  ±494.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 28% 7,168 (±2% / ±521.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 80 percent of 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

4.7% ±1.3% (1,233  ±333) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 4.3% 1,618
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±1.4% (1,604  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Owatonna, MN Micro Area: 7.4% † 2,104 (±1.1% / ±300)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,604 Total veterans ±291 1,496 Male ±290 108 Female ±79

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