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Shafer township, Chisago County, MN

1,170 Population
29 square miles 40.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±4.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chisago County: 40.8 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$44,906 ±$6,807 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Chisago County: $43,265 ±$1,367
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$115,000 ±$18,345 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Chisago County: $98,260 ±$3,166
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

2% ±1.3% (23  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Chisago County: 5.9% † 3,322 (±1% / ±560)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

35.5 minutes ±14.1 (18,265  ±4,998) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chisago County: 31.6 807,695 (±0.8 / ±29,407)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

348 ±45 Number of households
  • Chisago County: 21,252 ±245
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
3.3 ±0.5 (1,158  ±233) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chisago County: 2.6 55,705 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

1.6% ±3.1% (4  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chisago County: 6.9% † 803 (±1.4% / ±161)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

387 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Chisago County: 22,711 ±54
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$374,400 ±$29,294 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Chisago County: $326,600 ±$6,202
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

4.9% ±3.8% (57  ±45.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Chisago County: 9.1% † 5,190 (±1.1% / ±637.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

97% ±24.1% (814  ±119.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chisago County: 95.6% 38,559 (±2.6% / ±1,058.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
26.1% ±4.2% (219  ±56.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chisago County: 24% 9,679 (±1.3% / ±519.7)
  • about two-thirds of 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

4.4% ±3.7% (52  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Chisago County: 2.4% 1,356
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.6% ±1.9% (52  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chisago County: 7.8% 3,443 (±0.7% / ±306)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
52 Total veterans ±20 46 Male ±18 6 Female ±6

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