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Waite Park city, Stearns County, MN

8,341 Population
12.6 square miles 660.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Stearns County: 35 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$28,864 ±$2,902 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Stearns County: $37,806 ±$949
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$56,884 ±$7,760 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Stearns County: $76,447 ±$1,509
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

24.1% ±10.6% (2,002  ±884) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Stearns County: 12.2% † 18,584 (±1.2% / ±1,902)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

18.9 minutes ±1.2 (66,545  ±10,789) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Stearns County: 22.1 1,645,410 (±0.6 / ±54,739)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

3,575 ±274 Number of households
  • Stearns County: 60,937 ±436
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.3 ±0.2 (8,272  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Stearns County: 2.5 151,820 (±0 / ±128)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

5.2% ±4.9% (95  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Stearns County: 5.3% † 1,992 (±0.9% / ±347)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

3,712 ±281 Number of housing units
  • Stearns County: 66,211 ±82
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$217,000 ±$21,249 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Stearns County: $256,500 ±$4,978
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

12% ±4.5% (999  ±372.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Stearns County: 14.3% 22,521 (±1% / ±1,609.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

84.1% ±9.4% (4,592  ±574) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Stearns County: 92.8% 91,583 (±1.9% / ±1,918.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
17.6% ±4.9% (959  ±273.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Stearns County: 28.6% 28,217 (±1.1% / ±1,071.6)
  • about half 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

26% ±5.9% (2,170  ±492) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Stearns County: 7.5% 11,912
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

6.4% ±2.1% (395  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Stearns County: 6.6% 7,998 (±0.5% / ±585)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
395 Total veterans ±129 368 Male ±123 27 Female ±27

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