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Demographics

zip 59521

County Avg.

State Avg.

National Avg.

Neighborhood type

Rural

Population

2,896

16,350

917,621

290,809,777

Pop. density

7.2

3.8

6.2

79.6

Percent male

50.4%

50.8%

49.8%

49.1%

Percent female

49.7%

49.2%

50.2%

50.9%

Median age

26.2

36.2

37.4

36.5

People per household

4.0

2.6

2.5

2.6

Median household income

$23,603

$33,275

$33,024

$41,994

Average income per capita

$8,026

$17,319

$17,151

$21,587

Crime

zip 59521

County Avg.

State Avg.

National Avg.

Violent crime risk index

1.0

1.3

1.9

3.0

Property crime risk index

3.0

2.7

2.7

3.2

Housing

zip 59521

County Avg.

State Avg.

National Avg.

Median home value

$48,150

$146,000

$124,600

$170,800

Median age of homes

26.2

36.3

30.6

27.8

Home appreciation

10.5%

10.0%

9.2%

7.7%

Homes - owned

38.7%

56.0%

60.0%

63.4%

Homes - rented

50.0%

19.0%

26.9%

21.7%

Homes - vacant

11.3%

25.0%

13.1%

14.8%

Commuting by bus

0.8%

0.9%

0.7%

2.0%

Commuting by carpool

33.5%

9.6%

11.9%

14.6%

Commuting by auto

56.7%

67.1%

74.0%

71.6%

Working at home

4.3%

12.4%

6.4%

5.6%

Family Facts

zip 59521

County Avg.

State Avg.

National Avg.

Currently married

43.7%

62.4%

57.3%

58.3%

Never married

38.9%

22.4%

24.0%

23.8%

Divorced

8.2%

6.2%

10.9%

7.7%

Widowed

5.0%

7.1%

6.5%

7.4%

Separated

4.1%

1.9%

1.3%

2.8%

Married - w/ children

40.6%

32.1%

34.7%

28.5%

Married - no children

11.4%

30.0%

46.2%

31.3%

Single - w/ children

27.9%

8.0%

12.4%

9.3%

Single - no children

20.1%

29.9%

6.7%

30.7%

Education

zip 59521

County Avg.

State Avg.

National Avg.

High school graduates

80.8%

82.6%

87.2%

80.4%

College degree - 2 year

13.3%

16.3%

5.9%

8.2%

College degree - 4 year

8.5%

19.0%

17.2%

14.9%

Graduate degree

5.3%

3.5%

7.2%

7.0%

Expenditures per student

$9,988

$7,823

$6,627

$5,896

Students per teacher

13.0

11.4

12.0

16.0

Students per librarian

329

375

415

934

Students per guidance counselor

311

375

415

560

Economy

zip 59521

County Avg.

State Avg.

National Avg.

Unemployment rate

4.3%

3.6%

5.1%

5.7%

Recent job growth

0.9%

0.8%

1.9%

1.4%

Future job growth

4.6%

0.8%

1.9%

10.5%

Sales tax

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

5.63%

Income tax

10.00%

10.00%

10.00%

5.02%

Cost of living index

72.3

93.1

90.3

100.0

Health

zip 59521

County Avg.

State Avg.

National Avg.

Air quality

35

35

58

48

Watershed quality

30

30

38

54

Physicians per capita

122.3

122.3

101.7

168.5

Health cost index

93.6

91.4

98.5

100.0

Superfund site index

95

99

88

71

UV index

3.8

3.8

3.6

4.3

Climate

zip 59521

County Avg.

State Avg.

National Avg.

Altitude

2,670

2,494

3,544

1,058

Rainfall (inches annually)

12.6

11.3

14.6

38.8

Snowfall (inches annually)

28.1

24.3

39.0

24.4

January avg. low temp

4.7

4.8

9.2

21.6

July avg. high temp

85.4

83.8

83.4

86.4

Days of precipitation annually

101

101

102

112

Days mostly sunny annually

185

185

189

205

Comfort index (during hot weather)

67

67

70

44