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Wadena, MN

4,419 Population
5.5 square miles 798.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 46.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,596 ±$3,406 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $39,580 ±$838
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,080 ±$8,925 Median household income
  • about 80 percent 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 two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.7% ±6.3% (763  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 8.7% † 5,187 (±0.9% / ±547)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.2 minutes ±4.5 (28,610  ±9,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 20.7 516,805 (±0.6 / ±19,016)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,042 ±185 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
2.1 ±0.2 (4,270  ±73) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of 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 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±3.9% (44  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 6.7% † 727 (±1.3% / ±137)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,086 ±193 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

$160,800 ±$7,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: $273,000 ±$6,397
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±4% (429  ±173.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 10.2% † 6,124 (±1.1% / ±659.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±10.6% (2,640  ±363.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 94.4% 41,063 (±2.2% / ±938.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.6% ±5.1% (511  ±154.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 28.3% 12,316 (±1.2% / ±521.4)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about half 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

1.2% ±0.9% (54  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 3% 1,822
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±3.1% (253  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area: 8% 3,781 (±0.6% / ±270)
  • 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)
253 Total veterans ±99 245 Male ±98 8 Female ±16

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