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Northfield city, Rice County, MN

19,610 Population
7 square miles 2,795.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Rice County: 37.1 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$36,212 ±$2,486 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Rice County: $38,276 ±$1,072
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$85,161 ±$13,967 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rice County: $82,792 ±$2,658
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

7.5% ±2.2% (1,061  ±306) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rice County: 9.3% † 5,550 (±1.9% / ±1,150)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

18.9 minutes ±1.3 (156,560  ±14,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rice County: 22.5 648,680 (±0.5 / ±24,705)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

5,938 ±291 Number of households
  • Rice County: 23,345 ±334
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.4 ±0.1 (14,104  ±108) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rice County: 2.5 59,381 (±0 / ±185)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

1.7% ±1% (106  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rice County: 6% † 922 (±1.3% / ±200)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

6,218 ±284 Number of housing units
  • Rice County: 25,173 ±88
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$297,500 ±$18,375 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rice County: $298,500 ±$8,740
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

23.9% ±3.5% (4,651  ±678.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Rice County: 13.2% † 8,818 (±1.3% / ±885.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

97.1% ±5.5% (9,693  ±640.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rice County: 93% 40,088 (±2.7% / ±1,169.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
50% ±3.7% (4,990  ±411.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 29.7% 12,805 (±1.5% / ±649.5)
  • about 1.3 times 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

10.2% ±2.1% (2,003  ±420) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rice County: 8.7% 5,860
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.1% ±1.1% (822  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rice County: 6.5% 3,400 (±0.6% / ±329)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
822 Total veterans ±174 791 Male ±171 31 Female ±22

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