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Perham, MN

3,627 Population
3.6 square miles 1,013.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±3.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 46.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,927 ±$4,418 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $39,580 ±$838
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,716 ±$8,242 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $72,255 ±$2,093
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.1% ±6.3% (668  ±219) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 8.7% † 5,187 (±0.9% / ±547)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.8 minutes ±1.5 (17,585  ±3,475) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 20.7 516,805 (±0.6 / ±19,016)
  • about half the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,519 ±163 Number of households
  • the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 25,157 ±375
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (3,452  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 2.4 59,162 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.8% ±9.1% (78  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 6.7% † 727 (±1.3% / ±137)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,685 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 36,698 ±91
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$199,000 ±$40,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $273,000 ±$6,397
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±5.5% (378  ±194.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 10.2% † 6,124 (±1.1% / ±659.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±11.1% (2,128  ±322.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 94.4% 41,063 (±2.2% / ±938.6)
  • 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)
30% ±7.2% (686  ±177.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 28.3% 12,316 (±1.2% / ±521.4)
  • 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

11.6% ±6.5% (420  ±235) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 3% 1,822
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±3.6% (187  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 8% 3,781 (±0.6% / ±270)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
187 Total veterans ±96 187 Male ±96 N/A Female ±10

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