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Thief River Falls, MN

8,841 Population
6 square miles 1,472.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pennington County: 40.2 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$39,007 ±$3,581 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennington County: $39,863 ±$2,250
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$65,244 ±$5,689 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennington County: $72,561 ±$5,447
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

11.3% ±3.1% (972  ±269) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennington County: 9.9% † 1,352 (±2.2% / ±302)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

11.6 minutes ±1.7 (48,365  ±7,656) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennington County: 13.6 88,465 (±1.2 / ±8,331)
  • about half the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

4,186 ±161 Number of households
  • Pennington County: 6,170 ±184
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.1 ±0.1 (8,568  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennington County: 2.2 13,584 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

7.7% ±3.9% (142  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennington County: 6.2% † 187 (±2.4% / ±72)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

4,582 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Pennington County: 6,755 ±34
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$169,300 ±$13,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennington County: $188,900 ±$11,075
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

14.5% ±4.4% (1,266  ±381.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennington County: 12.7% † 1,746 (±3.2% / ±438.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

94.5% ±6.9% (5,887  ±444.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennington County: 94.6% 9,136 (±4.9% / ±478.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
19.3% ±3% (1,203  ±190.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennington County: 19.3% † 1,868 (±2.1% / ±205.8)
  • about half 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

3.5% ±1.5% (308  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennington County: 3.3% 463
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.6% ±1.8% (394  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennington County: 6.1% † 663 (±1.2% / ±125)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
394 Total veterans ±125 394 Male ±125 N/A Female ±13

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