Elk River, Minnesota demographics

Elk River, MN demographics: median age 37.2; 33.8% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Elk River city, Minnesota · Incorporated city · GEOID 2718674. The survey estimates a population of 26,793 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Elk River is 37.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.0 years. There are 9,835 households (±379). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	37.2 ±2.0	38.8 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 26,793
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Under 18	6,658 ±648	24.8% ±2.4 pp	22.9%	22.0%
18–34	5,919 ±562	22.1% ±2.1 pp	21.8%	22.8%
35–64	10,553 ±716	39.4% ±2.7 pp	38.0%	38.0%
65 and older	3,663 ±449	13.7% ±1.7 pp	17.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 26,793
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Male	13,767 ±456	51.4% ±1.7 pp	50.1%	49.5%
Female	13,026 ±456	48.6% ±1.7 pp	49.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 26,793
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
White alone	22,470 ±691	83.9% ±2.6 pp	77.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,283 ±581	4.8% ±2.2 pp	7.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	100 ±90 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.9%
Asian alone	464 ±350 · low precision	1.7% ±1.3 pp · low precision	5.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	598 ±293	2.2% ±1.1 pp	2.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	1,878 ±586	7.0% ±2.2 pp	7.0%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 26,793
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,840 ±277	96.4% ±1.0 pp	93.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	953 ±277	3.6% ±1.0 pp	6.4%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,835
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,511 ±448	56.0% ±4.0 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	533 ±283 · low precision	5.4% ±2.9 pp · low precision	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	603 ±187	6.1% ±1.9 pp	8.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	2,421 ±370	24.6% ±3.6 pp	29.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	767 ±240	7.8% ±2.4 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,835
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,680 ±241	37.4% ±2.0 pp	28.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	6,155 ±417	62.6% ±3.5 pp	71.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,835
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	2,421 ±370	24.6% ±3.6 pp	29.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	2,955 ±359	30.0% ±3.5 pp	35.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,560 ±327	15.9% ±3.3 pp	13.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,020 ±315	20.5% ±3.1 pp	12.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	582 ±197	5.9% ±2.0 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	154 ±98 · low precision	1.6% ±1.0 pp · low precision	2.0%	2.2%
Seven or more people	143 ±84 · low precision	1.5% ±0.9 pp · low precision	1.4%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 26,793
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Native	25,234 ±485	94.2% ±1.8 pp	91.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	1,559 ±484	5.8% ±1.8 pp	8.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 25,008
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
English only	23,434 ±566	93.7% ±1.9 pp	87.6%	77.7%
Spanish	568 ±381 · low precision	2.3% ±1.5 pp · low precision	4.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	36 ±40 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	211 ±190 · low precision	0.8% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	54 ±59 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	6 ±12 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	23 ±29 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	32 ±44 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	267 ±250 · low precision	1.1% ±1.0 pp · low precision	2.4%	1.1%
Arabic	12 ±20 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	365 ±272 · low precision	1.5% ±1.1 pp · low precision	2.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 18,461
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	934 ±293	5.1% ±1.6 pp	6.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,741 ±578	25.7% ±3.0 pp	23.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	4,081 ±609	22.1% ±3.2 pp	19.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,466 ±364	13.4% ±1.9 pp	11.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	4,653 ±530	25.2% ±2.8 pp	25.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,586 ±283	8.6% ±1.5 pp	13.8%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 26,536
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Same house	23,304 ±725	87.8% ±2.7 pp	87.8%	87.7%
Moved within same county	983 ±529 · low precision	3.7% ±2.0 pp · low precision	5.7%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,805 ±428	6.8% ±1.6 pp	4.3%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	247 ±127 · low precision	0.9% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	197 ±215 · low precision	0.7% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

2.1% of Elk River residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 4.7% in Minnesota and 8.4% nationally. 92.7% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Elk River	Minnesota	U.S.	Compared with Minnesota
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	2.1% ±0.8 pp	4.7%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.7% ±0.8 pp	91.6%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.0% ±1.4 pp	5.9%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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