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Thomson township, Carlton County, MN

5,534 Population
39.7 square miles 139.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±5.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Carlton County: 41.4 ±0.5
  • 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

$56,548 ±$7,137 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Carlton County: $39,410 ±$1,878
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$119,338 ±$10,805 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Carlton County: $80,573 ±$4,049
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.7% ±3% (205  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Carlton County: 11.9% † 4,120 (±1.5% / ±514)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.6 minutes ±1.8 (49,090  ±6,264) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Carlton County: 21.5 319,030 (±0.6 / ±12,330)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,153 ±117 Number of households
  • Carlton County: 14,090 ±237
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (5,528  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Carlton County: 2.4 33,638 (±0 / ±68)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±3.2% (46  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carlton County: 5.1% † 360 (±1.7% / ±120)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,216 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Carlton County: 15,896 ±62
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$339,000 ±$42,918 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Carlton County: $245,100 ±$6,536
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.1% ±2.8% (225  ±155.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Carlton County: 11.3% † 4,112 (±1.4% / ±512.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.6% ±10.8% (3,957  ±449.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Carlton County: 93.6% 24,348 (±3.1% / ±812.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
46.6% ±7.6% (1,851  ±309.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Carlton County: 26.5% 6,895 (±1.8% / ±472.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 1.3 times 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

0.5% ±0.6% (29  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Carlton County: 1.8% 670
  • 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

7.8% ±3.5% (327  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Carlton County: 7.8% † 2,237 (±0.9% / ±266)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
327 Total veterans ±145 304 Male ±139 23 Female ±37

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