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Moorhead city, Clay County, MN

44,706 Population
22.3 square miles 2,006.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 33.5 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$36,532 ±$1,568 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Clay County: $38,791 ±$1,174
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$69,371 ±$5,012 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $77,664 ±$3,040
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

17.7% ±2.5% (7,406  ±1,053) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 14.4% † 9,003 (±1.8% / ±1,130)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

17.2 minutes ±1 (349,340  ±24,213) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 19.5 580,625 (±0.8 / ±26,624)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

17,977 ±309 Number of households
  • Clay County: 25,939 ±335
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.3 ±0 (41,716  ±60) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Clay County: 2.4 62,489 (±0 / ±67)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

5.7% ±1.6% (695  ±202) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Clay County: 5.8% † 974 (±1.3% / ±214)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

18,852 ±224 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 27,241 ±57
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$246,300 ±$6,833 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Clay County: $256,000 ±$8,230
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

22% ±2.7% (9,697  ±1,180.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Clay County: 17% † 10,972 (±1.8% / ±1,183.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

94.9% ±3.9% (24,741  ±1,049.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 95% 38,174 (±2.9% / ±1,166.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
42.3% ±2.7% (11,036  ±720.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 39.1% 15,690 (±2% / ±807.4)
  • 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

5.8% ±1.2% (2,589  ±515) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Clay County: 4.3% 2,812
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5% ±0.8% (1,710  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clay County: 5.4% † 2,656 (±0.6% / ±286)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
1,710 Total veterans ±272 1,555 Male ±243 155 Female ±71

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