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Sauk Rapids city, Benton County, MN

13,852 Population
6.3 square miles 2,203.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Benton County: 36.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,385 ±$2,466 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Benton County: $38,579 ±$1,787
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,841 ±$6,643 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Benton County: $74,410 ±$3,144
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±2.1% (953  ±290) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Benton County: 9.9% † 4,034 (±1.8% / ±739)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.4 minutes ±1.1 (131,575  ±10,547) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Benton County: 23.2 463,705 (±0.8 / ±19,913)
  • 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

5,656 ±203 Number of households
  • Benton County: 16,719 ±277
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (13,354  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Benton County: 2.4 40,693 (±0 / ±22)
  • 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

1.9% ±1.2% (68  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Benton County: 4% † 391 (±1.1% / ±104)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,870 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Benton County: 17,608 ±39
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$256,100 ±$10,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Benton County: $271,000 ±$5,720
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±3.4% (1,994  ±474.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Benton County: 14.8% † 6,118 (±2% / ±811.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±5.5% (8,452  ±571.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Benton County: 92.6% 25,460 (±3.2% / ±911.1)
  • 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)
29.3% ±3.5% (2,648  ±327.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Benton County: 26.2% 7,211 (±1.8% / ±495.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.5% ±1.1% (343  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Benton County: 3.5% 1,452
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.7% (643  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Benton County: 6% † 1,865 (±0.8% / ±255)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
643 Total veterans ±175 597 Male ±164 46 Female ±53

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