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Cottage Grove, MN

36,602 Population
33.6 square miles 1,088 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±0.9 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

$39,028 ±$1,606 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $41,204 ±$216
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $37,625 ±$160
$102,039 ±$5,117 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $80,421 ±$435
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Minnesota: $71,306 ±$262

2.3% ±0.7% (825  ±236) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 8.6% 302,434 (±0.2% / ±5,149)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 9.7% 526,065 (±0.1% / ±7,319)

25 minutes ±0.8 (471,095  ±20,936) 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

12,162 ±278 Number of households
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,373,979 ±3,061
  • Minnesota: 2,185,603 ±5,103
3 ±0.1 (36,523  ±82) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 3,511,665 (±0 / ±1,115)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,431,436 (±0)

3.8% ±1.2% (321  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.7% 48,403 (±0.2% / ±1,432)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 5.8% 73,859 (±0.1% / ±1,659)

Housing

12,643 ±302 Number of housing units
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,442,298 ±698
  • Minnesota: 2,438,203 ±1,284

$249,800 ±$4,744 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $257,000 ±$725
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $223,900 ±$467

7.5% ±1.8% (2,725  ±648.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 14.5% 510,850 (±0.2% / ±7,221.2)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 14.1% 773,672 (±0.2% / ±9,094.3)

Social

95.9% ±3.5% (22,571  ±916.2) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.1% 3,508,509 (±0.3% / ±10,964.5)
36.3% ±2.3% (8,534  ±557.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 42% 1,016,338 (±0.2% / ±5,727.4)
  • about the same as 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

6.7% ±1.1% (2,457  ±385) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 10.7% 383,480 (±0.1% / ±4,897)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.5% 472,849 (±0.1% / ±5,480)

8.4% ±1% (2,211  ±277) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 6.2% 169,470 (±0.1% / ±2,190)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 7% 300,044 (±0.1% / ±2,436)
2,211 Total veterans ±277 2,092 Male ±278 119 Female ±65

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