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Staples, MN

2,359 Population
4.8 square miles 495.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±7.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wadena County: 40.1 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$25,738 ±$2,749 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wadena County: $30,037 ±$1,317
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$51,506 ±$4,457 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wadena County: $56,882 ±$3,111
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

17.8% ±6.1% (396  ±144) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wadena County: 11.4% † 1,570 (±2% / ±273)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

17.7 minutes ±2.1 (14,140  ±2,797) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wadena County: 21.7 128,370 (±1.1 / ±9,005)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

971 ±119 Number of households
  • Wadena County: 5,889 ±172
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.3 ±0.1 (2,226  ±282) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wadena County: 2.3 13,697 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

10.2% ±6.9% (40  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Wadena County: 5.2% † 150 (±1.7% / ±49)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

1,137 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Wadena County: 6,990 ±41
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$119,300 ±$12,049 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wadena County: $170,500 ±$5,607
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

21.7% ±8.2% (500  ±197.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Wadena County: 10.4% † 1,452 (±2% / ±279.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

93.2% ±6.3% (1,435  ±200) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wadena County: 91.4% 8,650 (±4.5% / ±424.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
22.3% ±4.9% (344  ±86.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wadena County: 17.5% † 1,656 (±1.9% / ±181.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.2% ±0.3% (5  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wadena County: 1.8% 254
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

11.6% ±3.9% (199  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wadena County: 8.1% † 841 (±0.9% / ±94)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
199 Total veterans ±71 199 Male ±71 N/A Female ±9

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