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Backus city, Cass County, MN

291 Population
0.6 square miles 469.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±29.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cass County: 49.9 ±0.1
  • 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

$30,042 ±$7,150 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cass County: $38,449 ±$968
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,250 ±$25,182 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cass County: $68,874 ±$2,502
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.9% ±7.5% (52  ±26) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cass County: 12.8% 3,919 (±1.1% / ±336)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±0.9 (2,835  ±1,141) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Cass County: 25.2 284,805 (±0.6 / ±9,043)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

112 ±27 Number of households
  • Cass County: 12,874 ±226
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (291  ±80) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cass County: 2.4 30,587 (±0 / ±32)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.6% ±9.5% (5  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cass County: 6% † 312 (±1% / ±53)
  • nearly 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

165 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Cass County: 24,470 ±61
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$134,700 ±$42,213 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Cass County: $288,300 ±$7,268
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19% ±7.5% (55  ±26.5) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Cass County: 9.4% 2,895 (±0.8% / ±240)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±33.4% (185  ±46.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cass County: 94.3% 21,624 (±1.9% / ±432.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.8% ±12.1% (30  ±25.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cass County: 26% 5,950 (±1% / ±239.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about two-fifths 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

4.5% ±5% (13  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cass County: 1.4% 443
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.7% ±6.1% (36  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cass County: 9.6% 2,367 (±0.5% / ±134)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
36 Total veterans ±16 33 Male ±16 3 Female ±3

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