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Wells township, Rice County, MN

1,604 Population
25.9 square miles 61.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Rice County: 37.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$52,290 ±$7,929 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rice County: $38,276 ±$1,072
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$86,125 ±$9,002 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rice County: $82,792 ±$2,658
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

5.8% ±3.4% (92  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rice County: 9.3% † 5,550 (±1.9% / ±1,150)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

27.2 minutes ±7.2 (20,300  ±3,693) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rice County: 22.5 648,680 (±0.5 / ±24,705)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

698 ±95 Number of households
  • Rice County: 23,345 ±334
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.3 ±0.4 (1,604  ±205) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rice County: 2.5 59,381 (±0 / ±185)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

11.7% ±6.3% (29  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Rice County: 6% † 922 (±1.3% / ±200)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

864 ±100 Number of housing units
  • Rice County: 25,173 ±88
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$360,100 ±$48,165 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rice County: $298,500 ±$8,740
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

5.8% ±2.6% (92  ±43.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rice County: 13.2% † 8,818 (±1.3% / ±885.2)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

93% ±16% (1,161  ±133.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rice County: 93% 40,088 (±2.7% / ±1,169.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
31.3% ±5.1% (391  ±81) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rice County: 29.7% 12,805 (±1.5% / ±649.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

1.4% ±1.2% (23  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Rice County: 8.7% 5,860
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

7.5% ±2.6% (99  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rice County: 6.5% 3,400 (±0.6% / ±329)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
99 Total veterans ±37 93 Male ±37 6 Female ±6

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