Guide to Heron Lake Minnesota

Heron Lake (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

777

783

730

768

698

-70

-9.11

Land Area (sq. mile)

1.00

1.04

1.06

1.28

+0.22

+20.75

Density (persons per sq. mile)

777.00

752.88

688.68

723.45

545.31

-178.14

-24.62

Housing Units

282

313

333

322

343

+21

+6.52

Households

295

298

285

306

+21

+7.37

Persons Per Household

2.47

2.45

2.52

2.28

-0.24

-9.52

Heron Lake is a city in Jackson County, Minnesota. Minnesota State Highway 60 serves as a main route in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.28 square miles (3.32 km²), all of it land. The elevation is 1,421 ft (433 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2010, there were 698 people, 306 households, and 164 families residing in the city. The population density was 545.3 inhabitants per square mile (210.5 /km2). There were 343 housing units at an average density of 268.0 per square mile (103.5 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 92.1% White, 1.9% African American, 1.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 4.2% from other races, and 0.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.0% of the population.

There were 306 households of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.8% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.4% were non-families. 39.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 3.12.

The median age in the city was 41.5 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.9% were from 25 to 44; 26% were from 45 to 64; and 18.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.4% male and 49.6% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

HERON LAKE, a city in sections 19 and 30 of Weimer Township was platted in June 1872 by the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad and was incorporated as a village on November 17, 1881. Its post office began in 1870, the first postmaster being Daniel F. Cleveland. The post office was called just Heron, 1895-99. The city was the county's second permanent townsite; a large proportion of Austrian and German immigrants settled there.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

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