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Heron Lake township, Jackson County, MN

361 Population
38.6 square miles 9.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.2 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 44.5 ±0.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,916 ±$8,616 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jackson County: $43,301 ±$1,891
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,107 ±$28,285 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $75,743 ±$3,304
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±7.4% (44  ±28) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 8.6% † 842 (±1.7% / ±162)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.7 minutes ±2.2 (3,030  ±1,095) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 18.4 84,175 (±1.2 / ±6,320)
  • 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

141 ±26 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 4,387 ±101
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (361  ±67) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 9,791 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • 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

5.9% ±7.6% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 6.5% † 120 (±2.6% / ±48)
  • a little 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

159 ±29 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 4,905 ±33
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$209,700 ±$36,766 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Jackson County: $157,100 ±$7,318
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.9% ±5.1% (7  ±18.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jackson County: 6.7% † 654 (±1.4% / ±135.7)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±6.9% (232  ±42.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 94.9% 6,762 (±4% / ±289.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21% ±9.3% (53  ±25) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 26.1% 1,857 (±2.5% / ±175.5)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about three-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

0.3% ±0.6% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 3.1% 306
  • 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

2% ±1.6% (6  ±5) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jackson County: 7.6% † 594 (±1.1% / ±88)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6 Total veterans ±5 6 Male ±5 N/A Female ±10

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