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56544

5,726 Population
198 square miles 28.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 43.5 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,589 ±$2,503 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: $41,842 ±$1,943
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
$72,885 ±$6,529 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

12% ±2.8% (677  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 12.9% † 4,476 (±1.6% / ±568)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)

21.8 minutes ±1.5 (52,105  ±5,989) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 21.7 313,030 (±0.6 / ±12,328)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)

Families

2,188 ±176 Number of households
  • the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 14,410 ±254
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
2.6 ±0.3 (5,662  ±376) 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

3.7% ±1.2% (42  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 7.4% † 509 (±1.8% / ±125)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)

Housing

2,829 ±191 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 20,005 ±51
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535

$245,400 ±$20,279 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: $291,000 ±$13,486
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903

9.1% ±2.4% (518  ±141.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 10.6% † 3,689 (±1.9% / ±662.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)

Social

92.6% ±1% (3,507  ±217.9) 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)
20.8% ±1.8% (787  ±83.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 28% 6,875 (±1.6% / ±383.9)
  • about half 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

0.6% ±0.7% (36  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Detroit Lakes, MN Micro Area: 1.2% 408
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722

9.4% ±2.1% (396  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent 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)
396 Total veterans ±92 372 Male ±90 24 Female ±19

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