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Thomson township, Carlton County, MN

5,515 Population
39.7 square miles 138.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Carlton County: 41.7 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$52,276 ±$6,594 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Carlton County: $37,608 ±$1,974
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$115,765 ±$12,563 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Carlton County: $80,042 ±$4,576
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

3.8% ±3.6% (211  ±196) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Carlton County: 11.1% † 3,846 (±1.8% / ±613)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

20.8 minutes ±1.9 (56,335  ±7,424) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Carlton County: 21.5 328,500 (±0.7 / ±13,939)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

2,164 ±123 Number of households
  • Carlton County: 13,972 ±204
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.6 ±0.1 (5,510  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Carlton County: 2.4 33,551 (±0 / ±66)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

2.9% ±3.5% (32  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carlton County: 3.5% † 249 (±1.1% / ±75)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

2,224 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Carlton County: 15,830 ±50
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$294,600 ±$33,074 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Carlton County: $232,000 ±$5,828
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

2.3% ±2.3% (125  ±127.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Carlton County: 10.2% † 3,687 (±1.3% / ±456.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

99.6% ±9.6% (3,984  ±411.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Carlton County: 93.5% 24,138 (±3.2% / ±824.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
42% ±6.6% (1,680  ±269.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Carlton County: 25.5% 6,581 (±1.7% / ±448.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

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

0.5% ±0.7% (29  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Carlton County: 1.2% 442
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

6.8% ±3% (284  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carlton County: 7.9% 2,227 (±0.8% / ±218)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
284 Total veterans ±126 272 Male ±125 12 Female ±19

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