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West Central Area, MN

5,015 Population
445 square miles 11.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Grant County: 43.2 ±0.9
  • about 10 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

$38,920 ±$2,433 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Grant County: $40,151 ±$2,945
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,875 ±$5,932 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Grant County: $73,917 ±$4,554
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±2.5% (595  ±127) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Grant County: 11.6% † 703 (±2.1% / ±125)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.2 minutes ±2.4 (51,095  ±3,501) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Grant County: 23.2 56,775 (±0.7 / ±3,211)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,080 ±98 Number of households
  • Grant County: 2,490 ±81
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (4,927  ±201) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Grant County: 2.4 6,039 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • 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

7.9% ±3.4% (75  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grant County: 9.2% † 104 (±3.3% / ±38)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,534 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Grant County: 3,137 ±44
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$195,400 ±$28,000 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Grant County: $191,000 ±$17,224
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±1.7% (380  ±84.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Grant County: 9.3% † 563 (±2.1% / ±124.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.8% ±2.8% (3,448  ±159.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 94.9% 4,111 (±3.8% / ±168.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.8% ±1.7% (713  ±64.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Grant County: 21% 911 (±1.8% / ±77.9)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about half 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

1.6% ±0.9% (79  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 1.6% 98
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±1.2% (321  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Grant County: 8.1% † 380 (±1.1% / ±52)
  • 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)
321 Total veterans ±48 312 Male ±48 9 Female ±6

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