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Swift County, MN

9,748 Population
742 square miles 13.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,134 ±$1,770 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,412 ±$3,430 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±1.9% (1,150  ±182) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.4 minutes ±1.3 (78,030  ±6,178) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,121 ±130 Number of households
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (9,504  ±16) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.7% ±4.2% (221  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,706 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,400 ±$6,637 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.3% ±2.4% (1,085  ±232.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±4.6% (6,264  ±317.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.2% ±2.5% (1,618  ±170.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about two-thirds of 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

3% (296  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±1.1% (502  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
502 Total veterans ±84 458 Male ±77 44 Female ±20

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