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Appleton city, Swift County, MN

1,360 Population
1.9 square miles 725.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Swift County: 43.4 ±0.8
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$27,251 ±$4,195 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Swift County: $36,519 ±$2,207
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$40,117 ±$8,865 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Swift County: $62,601 ±$5,924
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

20.5% ±7% (269  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Swift County: 10.8% † 1,041 (±1.8% / ±170)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

29.2 minutes ±8.7 (13,410  ±4,532) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Swift County: 21.1 † 86,785 (±2.4 / ±10,768)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

625 ±76 Number of households
  • Swift County: 4,134 ±142
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.1 ±0 (1,304  ±160) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Swift County: 2.3 9,566 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

5.8% ±5.2% (12  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Swift County: 9.8% † 175 (±3.4% / ±60)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

758 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Swift County: 4,697 ±35
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$71,300 ±$4,840 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Swift County: $147,100 ±$11,851
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

12.3% ±3.6% (166  ±52.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Swift County: 12.1% † 1,164 (±2.8% / ±268.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

92.2% ±4.1% (868  ±102.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Swift County: 94.5% 6,372 (±4.3% / ±299)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
18.6% ±4.8% (175  ±49.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Swift County: 23% 1,548 (±2.2% / ±147.3)
  • 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

2% ±1.6% (27  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Swift County: 2.7% 268
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

8.1% ±2.8% (83  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Swift County: 6% † 448 (±1% / ±73)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
83 Total veterans ±30 75 Male ±29 8 Female ±8

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