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Chaska, MN

26,371 Population
17 square miles 1,550.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$42,761 ±$2,499 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $41,204 ±$216
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $37,625 ±$160
$85,143 ±$5,114 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $80,421 ±$435
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $71,306 ±$262

5.7% ±1.7% (1,494  ±456) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 8.6% 302,434 (±0.2% / ±5,149)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.7% 526,065 (±0.1% / ±7,319)

25.1 minutes ±1 (343,445  ±18,744) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 25.6 46,303,150 (±0.1 / ±255,385)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.8 64,944,025 (±0.1 / ±287,823)

Families

9,857 ±268 Number of households
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,373,979 ±3,061
  • Minnesota: 2,185,603 ±5,103
2.7 ±0.1 (26,245  ±96) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 3,511,665 (±0 / ±1,115)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,431,436 (±0)

5.2% ±1.8% (349  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.7% 48,403 (±0.2% / ±1,432)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.8% 73,859 (±0.1% / ±1,659)

Housing

10,131 ±210 Number of housing units
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,442,298 ±698
  • Minnesota: 2,438,203 ±1,284

$266,200 ±$11,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $257,000 ±$725
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $223,900 ±$467

13.9% ±3.2% (3,598  ±818.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 14.5% 510,850 (±0.2% / ±7,221.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 14.1% 773,672 (±0.2% / ±9,094.3)

Social

93.7% ±4% (15,820  ±782.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 93.6% 2,265,983 (±0.4% / ±8,981)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.1% 3,508,509 (±0.3% / ±10,964.5)
46.1% ±2.7% (7,786  ±492.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 42% 1,016,338 (±0.2% / ±5,727.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 36.1% 1,359,167 (±0.2% / ±6,960.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.4% ±1.3% (1,956  ±347) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 10.7% 383,480 (±0.1% / ±4,897)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.5% 472,849 (±0.1% / ±5,480)

7.4% ±1.3% (1,400  ±254) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 6.2% 169,470 (±0.1% / ±2,190)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 7% 300,044 (±0.1% / ±2,436)
1,400 Total veterans ±254 1,190 Male ±218 210 Female ±103

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