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Atwater city, Kandiyohi County, MN

1,203 Population
1 square miles 1,167.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±9.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kandiyohi County: 40 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,968 ±$4,485 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kandiyohi County: $38,860 ±$1,348
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,042 ±$17,779 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kandiyohi County: $76,592 ±$2,794
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.5% ±3.1% (65  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kandiyohi County: 9.1% † 3,930 (±1.4% / ±597)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±2 (12,840  ±2,536) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kandiyohi County: 17.5 341,240 (±0.8 / ±18,639)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

422 ±63 Number of households
  • Kandiyohi County: 17,603 ±297
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.5 (1,177  ±260) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kandiyohi County: 2.4 42,783 (±0 / ±32)
  • about 20 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

4.2% ±3.5% (8  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kandiyohi County: 6.9% † 618 (±2% / ±179)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

450 ±67 Number of housing units
  • Kandiyohi County: 20,337 ±135
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,900 ±$23,391 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kandiyohi County: $243,200 ±$7,920
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±5.8% (80  ±71.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Kandiyohi County: 13% † 5,631 (±2% / ±857)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±21.3% (656  ±92.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kandiyohi County: 91.3% 27,150 (±3% / ±897.5)
  • 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)
18% ±6.8% (124  ±51.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kandiyohi County: 27.9% 8,302 (±1.7% / ±501.5)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about half 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

0.5% ±0.5% (6  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kandiyohi County: 9.8% 4,312
  • 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

10.5% ±5.4% (85  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Kandiyohi County: 5.6% † 1,860 (±0.6% / ±186)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
85 Total veterans ±47 77 Male ±46 8 Female ±11

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