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Blue Earth, MN

3,170 Population
3.3 square miles 955.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±5.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Faribault County: 44.6 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$34,614 ±$3,563 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Faribault County: $36,782 ±$1,274
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$59,118 ±$5,009 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Faribault County: $64,391 ±$4,758
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

13.2% ±5.1% (395  ±153) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Faribault County: 11.8% † 1,609 (±1.7% / ±233)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

10.7 minutes ±1.7 (14,185  ±2,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Faribault County: 20 121,635 (±1 / ±7,535)
  • about half the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

1,372 ±84 Number of households
  • Faribault County: 6,170 ±147
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.2 ±0.1 (2,978  ±56) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Faribault County: 2.2 13,634 (±0.1 / ±75)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

17.9% ±8.6% (101  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Faribault County: 7.4% † 190 (±2.3% / ±60)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

1,497 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Faribault County: 6,921 ±60
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$125,200 ±$25,848 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Faribault County: $120,200 ±$5,095
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

16.4% ±6.5% (506  ±201.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Faribault County: 10.4% † 1,434 (±2% / ±273.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

90.9% ±9.4% (2,086  ±232.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Faribault County: 92.1% 9,119 (±3.4% / ±342.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
26.2% ±5.3% (601  ±124.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Faribault County: 21.6% 2,136 (±1.6% / ±159.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.6% ±3% (145  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Faribault County: 2% 273
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.5% ±3.5% (137  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Faribault County: 8.1% † 879 (±0.9% / ±101)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
137 Total veterans ±87 100 Male ±50 37 Female ±45

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