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Scott County, MN

157,206 Population
356.1 square miles 441.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 39.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$52,259 ±$2,221 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $47,926 ±$416
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$117,064 ±$11,933 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Minnesota: $87,117 ±$961
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.6% ±1.8% (8,728  ±2,772) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 529,398 (±0.4% / ±20,956)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.1 minutes ±1.5 (1,863,330  ±132,954) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 58,271,408 (±0.2 / ±682,002)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

55,570 ±1,304 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,363,442 ±7,555
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (155,721  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,652,394
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.2% ±2.2% (2,279  ±830) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.4% 71,371 (±0.3% / ±4,293)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

58,540 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,597,229 ±753
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$430,500 ±$13,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $344,600 ±$1,807
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7% ±1.9% (10,906  ±2,862.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 11.3% 646,983 (±0.4% / ±19,804.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.7% ±4.3% (98,248  ±4,590) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 94.2% 3,751,387 (±0.7% / ±28,879.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
44.6% ±2.8% (46,757  ±2,947.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,594,192 (±0.5% / ±18,101.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.6% (19,749  ±2,499) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 9% 523,549
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±1.3% (7,335  ±1,481) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.5% 247,009 (±0.1% / ±6,351)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,335 Total veterans ±1,481 6,160 Male ±1,188 1,175 Female ±735

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