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Blue Earth Area Public Schools, MN

7,953 Population
387.4 square miles 20.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Faribault County: 44.3 ±0.5
  • 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

$38,386 ±$2,242 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Faribault County: $38,110 ±$1,521
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,056 ±$6,276 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Faribault County: $66,815 ±$4,172
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±2.6% (852  ±204) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Faribault County: 10.4% † 1,413 (±1.8% / ±243)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.7 minutes ±1 (65,620  ±5,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Faribault County: 20.2 123,745 (±0.9 / ±7,707)
  • about 80 percent 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

3,368 ±127 Number of households
  • Faribault County: 6,079 ±151
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (7,731  ±206) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Faribault County: 2.2 13,647 (±0.1 / ±74)
  • 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

7% ±3.2% (109  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Faribault County: 6.4% † 169 (±2.2% / ±57)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,812 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Faribault County: 6,897 ±47
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,600 ±$14,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Faribault County: $135,300 ±$9,850
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±2.4% (828  ±187.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Faribault County: 9.6% † 1,326 (±1.6% / ±222)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±4.6% (5,162  ±289.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Faribault County: 92% 9,111 (±3.5% / ±345)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.2% ±2.4% (1,251  ±137.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Faribault County: 21.8% 2,162 (±1.6% / ±156.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.8% ±1.1% (225  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Faribault County: 1.9% 266
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.5% (385  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Faribault County: 8.2% † 885 (±1.1% / ±116)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
385 Total veterans ±92 334 Male ±62 51 Female ±44

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