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56001

51,585 Population
114.5 square miles 450.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 34 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,795 ±$1,517 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: $39,431 ±$1,687
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
$69,531 ±$3,793 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: $75,808 ±$2,752
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409

19% ±2.1% (9,135  ±1,017) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 13.2% 12,920 (±1.1% / ±1,042)
  • about double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)

14.5 minutes ±0.6 (366,720  ±19,091) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 16.7 825,905 (±0.5 / ±27,706)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)

Families

20,350 ±379 Number of households
  • the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 40,608 ±407
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
2.3 ±0.1 (47,299  ±390) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 2.4 96,632 (±0 / ±87)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148

5.4% ±1.7% (796  ±249) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 5.4% † 1,430 (±1.1% / ±284)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)

Housing

21,959 ±226 Number of housing units
  • the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 43,460 ±109
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535

$276,700 ±$8,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: $268,100 ±$4,414
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903

25.3% ±2.2% (12,886  ±1,127.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 18.5% 19,072 (±1.3% / ±1,318)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)

Social

93.8% ±3.6% (26,642  ±1,097) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 94.7% 59,828 (±2.3% / ±1,460.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
35.5% ±2.4% (10,079  ±680.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 34.9% 22,025 (±1.4% / ±894.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)

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

6.8% ±0.9% (3,486  ±450) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 5.1% 5,316
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722

3.8% ±0.7% (1,630  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Mankato, MN Metro Area: 4.8% 3,971 (±0.4% / ±348)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
1,630 Total veterans ±284 1,556 Male ±272 74 Female ±58

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