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Wadena, MN

4,361 Population
5.5 square miles 788.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 46.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$26,876 ±$3,013 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $38,723 ±$804
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$45,850 ±$8,314 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $70,912 ±$1,842
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

14.5% ±6.1% (617  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 8.9% 5,273 (±0.9% / ±520)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

15.2 minutes ±3.2 (30,685  ±7,210) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 21.3 527,900 (±0.6 / ±18,109)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

2,010 ±151 Number of households
  • the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 25,181 ±348
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.1 ±0.2 (4,205  ±52) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 2.3 58,994 (±0 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

2% ±3.6% (17  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 6.9% † 744 (±1.3% / ±136)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

2,171 ±133 Number of housing units
  • the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 36,669 ±153
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$158,700 ±$8,675 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $252,500 ±$6,076
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

13.3% ±5% (576  ±217.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 10.9% 6,482 (±1.1% / ±632.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

88.5% ±11.2% (2,558  ±358.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 94% 40,571 (±2.1% / ±906.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
13% ±4.4% (375  ±128.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 27.4% 11,817 (±1.1% / ±472.9)
  • about one-third 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

3.8% ±2.2% (167  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 2.6% 1,538
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

7.1% ±2.8% (231  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 8.1% 3,802 (±0.6% / ±264)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
231 Total veterans ±92 218 Male ±89 13 Female ±21

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