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Wadena city, Wadena County, MN

4,240 Population
5.3 square miles 802.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wadena County: 40 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,190 ±$3,522 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wadena County: $32,541 ±$1,486
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,696 ±$9,783 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wadena County: $61,467 ±$4,671
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.5% ±6.4% (726  ±266) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wadena County: 12.5% † 1,737 (±2.1% / ±297)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.5 minutes ±4.8 (27,760  ±9,224) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wadena County: 21.3 122,710 (±1.8 / ±12,075)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,969 ±178 Number of households
  • Wadena County: 6,081 ±122
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,091  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wadena County: 2.3 13,844 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±4.1% (44  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wadena County: 7% † 201 (±2% / ±58)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,013 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Wadena County: 7,021 ±40
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,700 ±$7,471 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wadena County: $173,000 ±$5,359
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±4.2% (429  ±173.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Wadena County: 10.7% † 1,500 (±2% / ±275.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±11% (2,538  ±361.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wadena County: 92.6% 8,816 (±4.7% / ±445.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.2% ±5.4% (483  ±154.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wadena County: 19.8% † 1,886 (±2.1% / ±202)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about half 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

1.3% ±0.9% (54  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wadena County: 1.1% 161
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±3.2% (253  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Wadena County: 8% † 831 (±1.1% / ±112)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
253 Total veterans ±99 245 Male ±98 8 Female ±16

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