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Northfield city, Rice County, MN

19,758 Population
7 square miles 2,817 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rice County: 37.1 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,792 ±$2,440 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rice County: $38,682 ±$1,103
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
$83,528 ±$5,963 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rice County: $83,181 ±$2,894
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409

9% ±2.7% (1,306  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rice County: 10.2% † 6,157 (±1.7% / ±1,043)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)

17.9 minutes ±1.1 (148,545  ±13,164) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rice County: 21.8 636,350 (±0.6 / ±23,920)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)

Families

5,950 ±312 Number of households
  • Rice County: 23,493 ±294
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
2.4 ±0.1 (14,318  ±115) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rice County: 2.6 59,968 (±0 / ±175)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148

2.4% ±1.2% (145  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rice County: 5.7% † 887 (±1.4% / ±217)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)

Housing

6,293 ±288 Number of housing units
  • Rice County: 25,295 ±80
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535

$323,600 ±$23,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rice County: $320,200 ±$9,461
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903

22.9% ±3.6% (4,474  ±712.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Rice County: 12.5% † 8,394 (±1.4% / ±942.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)

Social

96.4% ±5% (9,709  ±629.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rice County: 92.7% 40,571 (±2.8% / ±1,221.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
52.4% ±4.1% (5,276  ±460.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 30.2% 13,207 (±1.6% / ±689.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)

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

8.8% ±2.1% (1,745  ±413) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Rice County: 8.7% 5,875
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722

4.7% ±1.1% (768  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rice County: 5.9% † 3,116 (±0.6% / ±314)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
768 Total veterans ±184 710 Male ±173 58 Female ±36

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