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Lake Benton city, Lincoln County, MN

794 Population
3.2 square miles 247.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 45.6 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,794 ±$4,226 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $39,497 ±$2,058
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,250 ±$17,805 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lincoln County: $69,694 ±$3,667
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.2% ±7% (168  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 12% † 648 (±1.6% / ±89)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±4.5 (7,965  ±2,313) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 22 49,065 (±0.8 / ±2,992)
  • a little 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

372 ±48 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 2,445 ±101
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (794  ±110) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.2 5,416 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.9% ±6.9% (22  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 8.5% † 89 (±2.7% / ±28)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

432 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 3,045 ±60
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$99,800 ±$26,203 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lincoln County: $164,400 ±$6,615
  • about one-third of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.9% ±7.2% (140  ±59.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Lincoln County: 9.7% † 538 (±1.9% / ±103.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.3% ±19.6% (500  ±69.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 94.2% 3,746 (±4.2% / ±170.8)
  • 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)
22.6% ±5.6% (116  ±33.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 25.8% 1,024 (±2.1% / ±83.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.6% ±0.8% (5  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lincoln County: 1.3% 73
  • 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

10.4% ±2.8% (62  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lincoln County: 7.8% † 340 (±1.1% / ±47)
  • 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)
62 Total veterans ±19 53 Male ±18 9 Female ±13

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