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Cottonwood township, Brown County, MN

861 Population
34.7 square miles 24.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Brown County: 42 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,904 ±$4,342 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Brown County: $37,653 ±$1,052
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,219 ±$16,617 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Brown County: $69,378 ±$3,150
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±2.7% (63  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Brown County: 8.5% † 2,096 (±1.1% / ±264)
  • about 80 percent 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)

21 minutes ±3.2 (8,980  ±2,177) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Brown County: 14.7 176,880 (±0.7 / ±10,095)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

355 ±51 Number of households
  • Brown County: 11,027 ±178
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (854  ±120) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Brown County: 2.2 24,632 (±0 / ±23)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±2.6% (12  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 5.9% † 308 (±1.7% / ±87)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

370 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Brown County: 11,827 ±44
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$246,500 ±$38,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Brown County: $191,200 ±$11,015
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.6% ±1.4% (22  ±12.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Brown County: 8.2% † 2,085 (±1.2% / ±302.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±16.6% (607  ±70.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brown County: 92.8% 16,533 (±3.2% / ±571.9)
  • 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)
18.6% ±3.9% (120  ±29.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Brown County: 24.5% 4,359 (±1.8% / ±316.6)
  • 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

0.2% ±0.2% (2  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Brown County: 2.9% 747
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.5% (44  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 5.6% † 1,120 (±0.7% / ±141)
  • a little 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)
44 Total veterans ±19 42 Male ±20 2 Female ±3

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