Waite Park, Minnesota demographics

Waite Park, MN demographics: median age 38.1; 20.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Waite Park city, Minnesota · Incorporated city · GEOID 2767612. The survey estimates a population of 8,399 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Waite Park is 38.1 years, with a 90% margin of error of 4.2 years. There are 3,559 households (±271). 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	38.1 ±4.2	38.8 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 8,399
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Under 18	2,200 ±431	26.2% ±5.1 pp	22.9%	22.0%
18–34	1,705 ±376	20.3% ±4.5 pp	21.8%	22.8%
35–64	2,971 ±463	35.4% ±5.5 pp	38.0%	38.0%
65 and older	1,523 ±296	18.1% ±3.5 pp	17.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 8,399
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Male	3,820 ±316	45.5% ±3.8 pp	50.1%	49.5%
Female	4,579 ±312	54.5% ±3.7 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: 8,399
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
White alone	4,369 ±603	52.0% ±7.2 pp	77.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	3,000 ±516	35.7% ±6.1 pp	7.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	11 ±16 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.9%
Asian alone	131 ±113 · low precision	1.6% ±1.3 pp · low precision	5.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	589 ±326 · low precision	7.0% ±3.9 pp · low precision	2.9%	7.1%
Two or more races	299 ±154 · low precision	3.6% ±1.8 pp · low precision	7.0%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 8,399
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,633 ±321	90.9% ±3.8 pp	93.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	766 ±316	9.1% ±3.8 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: 3,559
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Married-couple family	1,481 ±172	41.6% ±3.6 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	149 ±103 · low precision	4.2% ±2.9 pp · low precision	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	165 ±83 · low precision	4.6% ±2.3 pp	8.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	1,404 ±317	39.4% ±8.4 pp	29.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	360 ±190 · low precision	10.1% ±5.3 pp · low precision	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 3,559
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Households with people under 18	940 ±145	26.4% ±3.5 pp	28.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	2,619 ±328	73.6% ±7.3 pp	71.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 3,559
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	1,404 ±317	39.4% ±8.4 pp	29.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	1,189 ±277	33.4% ±7.3 pp	35.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	169 ±77	4.7% ±2.1 pp	13.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	217 ±111 · low precision	6.1% ±3.1 pp · low precision	12.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	228 ±160 · low precision	6.4% ±4.5 pp · low precision	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	34 ±43 · low precision	1.0% ±1.2 pp · low precision	2.0%	2.2%
Seven or more people	318 ±139	8.9% ±3.8 pp	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: 8,399
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Native	6,051 ±618	72.0% ±7.4 pp	91.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	2,348 ±612	28.0% ±7.3 pp	8.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 7,807
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
English only	5,285 ±520	67.7% ±6.5 pp	87.6%	77.7%
Spanish	530 ±244	6.8% ±3.1 pp	4.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	30 ±34 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	50 ±77 · low precision	0.6% ±1.0 pp · low precision	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	23 ±41 · low precision	0.3% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	26 ±58 · low precision	0.3% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	2.4%	1.1%
Arabic	2 ±3 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1,861 ±523	23.8% ±6.7 pp	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: 5,446
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	957 ±342	17.6% ±6.2 pp	6.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	1,636 ±344	30.0% ±6.1 pp	23.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	1,356 ±332	24.9% ±5.9 pp	19.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	401 ±130	7.4% ±2.3 pp	11.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	776 ±203	14.2% ±3.6 pp	25.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	320 ±128	5.9% ±2.3 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: 8,356
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Minnesota	U.S.
Same house	7,477 ±372	89.5% ±4.4 pp	87.8%	87.7%
Moved within same county	356 ±221 · low precision	4.3% ±2.6 pp · low precision	5.7%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	466 ±237 · low precision	5.6% ±2.8 pp · low precision	4.3%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	43 ±40 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	14 ±17 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 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

3.8% of Waite Park residents (±1.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 4.7% in Minnesota and 8.4% nationally. 85.2% 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	Waite Park	Minnesota	U.S.	Compared with Minnesota
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	3.8% ±1.4 pp	4.7%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	85.2% ±3.5 pp	91.6%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.4% ±2.1 pp	5.9%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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