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Litchfield, MN

6,537 Population
4.5 square miles 1,460.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Meeker County: 42.1 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,619 ±$3,473 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Meeker County: $33,158 ±$1,217
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $41,204 ±$207
$49,457 ±$5,430 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Meeker County: $67,099 ±$2,427
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $77,706 ±$350

8.3% ±2.5% (527  ±156) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Meeker County: 7.7% † 1,768 (±1.2% / ±263)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 512,312 (±0.2% / ±8,170)

16.9 minutes ±1.6 (49,470  ±5,800) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Meeker County: 24.1 255,970 (±0.8 / ±10,689)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 23.5 60,955,720 (±0.1 / ±292,529)

Families

2,782 ±124 Number of households
  • Meeker County: 8,964 ±152
  • Minnesota: 2,229,100 ±4,779
2.3 ±0.1 (6,343  ±63) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Meeker County: 2.6 22,928 (±0 / ±62)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,545,274 (±0)

10.4% ±4.4% (138  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Meeker County: 8.2% † 372 (±1.5% / ±70)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 5.8% 73,901 (±0.1% / ±1,614)

Housing

2,991 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Meeker County: 10,589 ±56
  • Minnesota: 2,470,483 ±651

$154,700 ±$6,619 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Meeker County: $186,400 ±$7,393
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $250,200 ±$838

11.1% ±3.2% (713  ±204.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Meeker County: 8.1% † 1,858 (±1.1% / ±248.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 13.3% 747,072 (±0.2% / ±10,654.3)

Social

94.5% ±6.9% (4,340  ±350.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Meeker County: 93.9% 14,853 (±2.6% / ±418.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.6% 3,599,891 (±0.3% / ±11,678)
19.4% ±3.2% (890  ±148.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Meeker County: 19.6% 3,094 (±1.2% / ±194.5)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 37.6% 1,445,462 (±0.2% / ±7,639.1)

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

1.2% ±0.7% (81  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Meeker County: 1.3% † 303 (±0.3% / ±62)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.5% 479,231 (±0.1% / ±5,250)

8.5% ±2.2% (443  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Meeker County: 7.4% 1,293 (±0.7% / ±128)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.5% 282,627 (±0.1% / ±2,583)
443 Total veterans ±112 434 Male ±110 9 Female ±14

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