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Wells township, Rice County, MN

1,529 Population
25.7 square miles 59.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rice County: 37.1 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,588 ±$4,519 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rice County: $38,682 ±$1,103
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,574 ±$13,381 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rice County: $83,181 ±$2,894
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.1% ±3.7% (93  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rice County: 10.2% † 6,157 (±1.7% / ±1,043)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.8 minutes ±3.7 (17,740  ±4,372) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rice County: 21.8 636,350 (±0.6 / ±23,920)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

659 ±92 Number of households
  • Rice County: 23,493 ±294
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (1,529  ±191) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rice County: 2.6 59,968 (±0 / ±175)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.1% ±6.6% (26  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Rice County: 5.7% † 887 (±1.4% / ±217)
  • about double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

852 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Rice County: 25,295 ±80
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$405,600 ±$35,078 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rice County: $320,200 ±$9,461
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±2.7% (84  ±42.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rice County: 12.5% † 8,394 (±1.4% / ±942.5)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±15.9% (1,106  ±125.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rice County: 92.7% 40,571 (±2.8% / ±1,221.7)
  • 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)
32.2% ±5.6% (381  ±81.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rice County: 30.2% 13,207 (±1.6% / ±689.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 90 percent 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

2.5% ±1.7% (38  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rice County: 8.7% 5,875
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.1% (93  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rice County: 5.9% † 3,116 (±0.6% / ±314)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
93 Total veterans ±29 90 Male ±29 3 Female ±4

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