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Elbow Lake, MN

76 Population
1.3 square miles 56.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±7.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 43.5 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,743 ±$5,508 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: $41,842 ±$1,943
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$29,583 ±$14,854 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: $71,388 ±$2,046
  • about one-third of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

43.4% ±13.5% (33  ±14) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 12.9% † 4,476 (±1.6% / ±568)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.3 minutes ±31.5 (500  ±277) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 21.7 313,030 (±0.6 / ±12,328)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

29 ±9 Number of households
  • the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 14,410 ±254
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±1.1 (76  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 2.4 34,836 (±0 / ±14)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

64 ±12 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 20,005 ±51
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

61.1% ±53.6% (33  ±30.4) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 93.2% 22,889 (±2.7% / ±660.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5.6% ±45.6% (3  ±24.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 28% 6,875 (±1.6% / ±383.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • less than a fifth of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

9.1% ±10.6% (5  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 8.7% 2,358 (±0.9% / ±230)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5 Total veterans ±6 5 Male ±6 N/A Female ±10

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