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Forest Prairie township, Meeker County, MN

1,049 Population
34 square miles 30.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Meeker County: 42.2 ±0.5
  • 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

$37,565 ±$4,582 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Meeker County: $37,905 ±$1,244
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$107,981 ±$11,758 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Meeker County: $75,446 ±$2,499
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.7% ±2.2% (39  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Meeker County: 9.1% † 2,096 (±1.3% / ±310)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38 minutes ±12 (19,060  ±7,636) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Meeker County: 25.2 267,965 (±1.1 / ±13,947)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

341 ±65 Number of households
  • Meeker County: 9,347 ±168
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.5 (1,049  ±268) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Meeker County: 2.5 23,059 (±0 / ±9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±2.4% (4  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Meeker County: 6% † 272 (±1.7% / ±78)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

392 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Meeker County: 10,735 ±62
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$323,300 ±$47,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Meeker County: $249,000 ±$8,157
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.4% ±1.7% (35  ±20.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Meeker County: 7.2% † 1,673 (±1.2% / ±271.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±22.4% (628  ±91.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Meeker County: 93.8% 15,217 (±2.8% / ±469)
  • 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)
9.8% ±3.7% (65  ±27.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Meeker County: 20% 3,236 (±1.3% / ±213.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.2% ±0.3% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Meeker County: 1.1% 248
  • 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

5.7% ±2.9% (41  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Meeker County: 6.4% † 1,142 (±0.7% / ±122)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
41 Total veterans ±22 39 Male ±21 2 Female ±3

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