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Paynesville city, Stearns County, MN

2,476 Population
2.3 square miles 1,081.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Stearns County: 35 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$35,009 ±$3,097 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Stearns County: $37,806 ±$949
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$72,105 ±$12,775 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Stearns County: $76,447 ±$1,509
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

5.5% ±2.6% (132  ±63) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Stearns County: 12.2% † 18,584 (±1.2% / ±1,902)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

21.5 minutes ±2.9 (24,900  ±4,613) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Stearns County: 22.1 1,645,410 (±0.6 / ±54,739)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

1,110 ±87 Number of households
  • Stearns County: 60,937 ±436
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.2 ±0.2 (2,419  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Stearns County: 2.5 151,820 (±0 / ±128)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

1.1% ±1.6% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Stearns County: 5.3% † 1,992 (±0.9% / ±347)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

1,236 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Stearns County: 66,211 ±82
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$168,800 ±$11,706 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Stearns County: $256,500 ±$4,978
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

6.3% ±3.3% (156  ±81) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Stearns County: 14.3% 22,521 (±1% / ±1,609.5)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

93.1% ±7.3% (1,593  ±181.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Stearns County: 92.8% 91,583 (±1.9% / ±1,918.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
27.9% ±5.8% (478  ±106.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Stearns County: 28.6% 28,217 (±1.1% / ±1,071.6)
  • about three-quarters 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% ±0.8% (24  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Stearns County: 7.5% 11,912
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

10.2% ±3.9% (205  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Stearns County: 6.6% 7,998 (±0.5% / ±585)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
205 Total veterans ±80 163 Male ±63 42 Female ±45

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