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Willmar, MN

21,378 Population
14.2 square miles 1,502.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 40 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,826 ±$2,247 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: $38,860 ±$1,348
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,280 ±$3,957 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: $76,592 ±$2,794
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±2.8% (2,710  ±576) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 9.1% † 3,930 (±1.4% / ±597)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.6 minutes ±1.3 (111,780  ±13,493) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 17.5 341,240 (±0.8 / ±18,639)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,297 ±272 Number of households
  • the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 17,603 ±297
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (20,248  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 2.4 42,783 (±0 / ±32)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.9% ±3.7% (437  ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 6.9% † 618 (±2% / ±179)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,860 ±234 Number of housing units
  • the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 20,337 ±135
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$198,400 ±$9,589 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: $243,200 ±$7,920
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.4% ±3.7% (3,634  ±772.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 13% † 5,631 (±2% / ±857)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.3% ±5.3% (11,926  ±795.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 91.3% 27,150 (±3% / ±897.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.3% ±3.3% (3,499  ±465.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 27.9% 8,302 (±1.7% / ±501.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

17.7% ±2.6% (3,780  ±553) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 9.8% 4,312
  • about double the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±1.1% (694  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Willmar, MN Micro Area: 5.6% † 1,860 (±0.6% / ±186)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
694 Total veterans ±171 684 Male ±171 10 Female ±15

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