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56501

18,004 Population
186.9 square miles 96.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as 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 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,609 ±$3,578 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: $41,842 ±$1,943
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,037 ±$3,216 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: $71,388 ±$2,046
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.7% ±3.1% (2,235  ±552) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 12.9% † 4,476 (±1.6% / ±568)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.3 minutes ±1 (135,305  ±10,574) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 21.7 313,030 (±0.6 / ±12,328)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,701 ±238 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
2.3 ±0.1 (17,591  ±457) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 2.4 34,836 (±0 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.8% ±3.3% (310  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 7.4% † 509 (±1.8% / ±125)
  • 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

10,291 ±255 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

$314,700 ±$18,069 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: $291,000 ±$13,486
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.6% ±3.6% (2,424  ±640.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 10.6% † 3,689 (±1.9% / ±662.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±4% (12,078  ±595.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 93.2% 22,889 (±2.7% / ±660.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.5% ±2.5% (4,196  ±343.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 28% 6,875 (±1.6% / ±383.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 90 percent 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

1.4% ±0.5% (245  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 1.2% 408
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±1.4% (1,192  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 8.7% 2,358 (±0.9% / ±230)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,192 Total veterans ±198 1,095 Male ±182 97 Female ±48

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