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Independence city, Hennepin County, MN

3,694 Population
32.4 square miles 113.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hennepin County: 37.6 ±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

$84,436 ±$12,618 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hennepin County: $59,401 ±$663
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$186,597 ±$40,595 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Hennepin County: $97,653 ±$1,190
  • more than double the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.1% ±0.7% (39  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Hennepin County: 10% 123,902 (±0.4% / ±4,816)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±7.5 (28,520  ±6,119) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hennepin County: 21.9 11,226,675 (±0.1 / ±122,721)
  • about 10 percent 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

1,321 ±101 Number of households
  • Hennepin County: 539,493 ±1,860
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (3,662  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hennepin County: 2.3 1,240,876 (±0 / ±244)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±6.2% (32  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hennepin County: 4.9% 15,226 (±0.3% / ±853)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,408 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Hennepin County: 571,527 ±186
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$663,400 ±$96,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Hennepin County: $392,900 ±$2,254
  • about double the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±7.1% (294  ±257.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Hennepin County: 15% 187,517 (±0.4% / ±4,994)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.8% ±10.9% (2,480  ±312.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hennepin County: 94.1% 835,791 (±0.8% / ±6,686.6)
  • 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)
66.7% ±9.6% (1,690  ±263) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hennepin County: 54.1% 480,958 (±0.5% / ±4,840.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • nearly double 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

2.7% ±2.1% (101  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hennepin County: 13.7% 173,253
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2.2% (119  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Hennepin County: 4.5% 44,652 (±0.1% / ±1,331)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
119 Total veterans ±56 119 Male ±56 N/A Female ±10

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