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Cottonwood city, Lyon County, MN

1,061 Population
1 square miles 1,058.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lyon County: 37.4 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,395 ±$6,566 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lyon County: $39,073 ±$1,798
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$97,500 ±$16,534 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lyon County: $75,303 ±$2,081
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±4.1% (75  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lyon County: 12.2% † 3,015 (±2% / ±502)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14 minutes ±3.6 (6,895  ±1,174) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lyon County: 14.6 161,305 (±0.8 / ±10,585)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

460 ±62 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 10,108 ±199
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (1,057  ±144) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lyon County: 2.4 24,615 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±4.1% (12  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 5.1% † 281 (±2% / ±110)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

511 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 11,269 ±44
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$176,200 ±$23,121 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lyon County: $200,700 ±$7,568
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.4% ±4.2% (67  ±45.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lyon County: 8.5% † 2,144 (±1.3% / ±328.7)
  • 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

98.3% ±18.1% (686  ±86.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lyon County: 92.4% 15,258 (±3.9% / ±659.4)
  • 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)
27.9% ±4.2% (195  ±39.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lyon County: 31.2% 5,142 (±2.4% / ±395.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.9% ±2.4% (31  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lyon County: 6.1% 1,562
  • 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

4.3% ±1.8% (34  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lyon County: 6.6% † 1,248 (±0.8% / ±152)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
34 Total veterans ±15 34 Male ±15 N/A Female ±10

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