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Perham township, Otter Tail County, MN

1,003 Population
30.3 square miles 33.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Otter Tail County: 46.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$47,755 ±$6,958 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Otter Tail County: $38,723 ±$804
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$105,536 ±$15,024 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Otter Tail County: $70,912 ±$1,842
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

4% ±2.3% (40  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Otter Tail County: 8.9% 5,273 (±0.9% / ±520)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

14.9 minutes ±3 (6,470  ±2,129) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Otter Tail County: 21.3 527,900 (±0.6 / ±18,109)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

363 ±69 Number of households
  • Otter Tail County: 25,181 ±348
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.7 ±0.3 (980  ±213) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Otter Tail County: 2.3 58,994 (±0 / ±29)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

13.1% ±14.9% (28  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Otter Tail County: 6.9% † 744 (±1.3% / ±136)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

453 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Otter Tail County: 36,669 ±153
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$314,800 ±$39,375 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Otter Tail County: $252,500 ±$6,076
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

2.3% ±2% (23  ±20.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Otter Tail County: 10.9% 6,482 (±1.1% / ±632.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

95.4% ±24.2% (670  ±104.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Otter Tail County: 94% 40,571 (±2.1% / ±906.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
25.2% ±3.9% (177  ±44.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Otter Tail County: 27.4% 11,817 (±1.1% / ±472.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.4% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Otter Tail County: 2.6% 1,538
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.7% ±2.1% (44  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Otter Tail County: 8.1% 3,802 (±0.6% / ±264)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
44 Total veterans ±19 44 Male ±19 N/A Female ±9

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