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Sherburne County

Minnesota · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
100,560
Median household income
$105,466
People below poverty
5.1%
Median home value
$361,400

Income

The median income of households in Sherburne County, Minnesota was $105,466. An estimated 2.8% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 14.1% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 2.8
$10,000 to $14,999 1.6
$15,000 to $24,999 4.1
$25,000 to $34,999 3.7
$35,000 to $49,999 7.2
$50,000 to $74,999 14.9
$75,000 to $99,999 12.5
$100,000 to $149,999 22.9
$150,000 to $199,999 16.2
$200,000 or more 14.1

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 77989
Female 61190

An estimated 83% of households received earnings. An estimated 24.4% of households received Social Security and an estimated 21.3 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $26,163. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 83
Social Security 24.4
Retirement income 21.3
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 3
Cash public assistance income 2.2

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 5.1 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 3.8% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 9.4% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 4.8% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 5.1
Children under 18 years below poverty 3.8
People 65 years old and over below poverty 9.4
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 4.8

In 2020-2024, 5 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 45.3% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 35.3% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 38.1% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024, 96.1% had health insurance coverage and 3.9% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 82.4% and public coverage was 25.6%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 2%.


In 2020-2024, Sherburne County, Minnesota had a total population of 100,560 - 48,972 (48.7%) females and 51,588 (51.3%) males. The median age was 37 years. An estimated 25.8% of the population was under 18 years, 33.4% was 19 to 44 years, 26.1% was 45 to 64 years, and 12.3 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 3431 2983
5 to 9 3547 3531
10 to 14 3772 3908
15 to 19 3572 3480
20 to 24 3235 2589
25 to 29 3315 2952
30 to 34 3687 3242
35 to 39 4065 3721
40 to 44 3691 3112
45 to 49 3200 3357
50 to 54 3680 3477
55 to 59 3731 2917
60 to 64 2841 3124
65 to 69 2147 2092
70 to 74 1746 1963
75 to 79 812 890
80 to 84 451 673
85 and over 665 961

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 86.8% were White; 4.1% were Black or African American; 3.9% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 1.7% were Asian; 1.4% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 5.7% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 3.4% of the people in Sherburne County, Minnesota were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 85.8% of the people in Sherburne County, Minnesota were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 35,555 households in Sherburne County, Minnesota. The average household size was 2.78 people.

Married-couple households made up 58.7% of the households in Sherburne County, Minnesota while cohabiting couple households made up 8.5% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 19.3% of all households, while 13.5% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 9% of households were male householders living alone, and 11.6% were female householders living alone, for a total of 20.6% of all households.

In Sherburne County, Minnesota, 37.2% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 24.6% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 58.7
Cohabiting Couples 8.5
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
13.5
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
19.3

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 55.4% of males and 54.4% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 33.6 26.7
Now married, except separated 55.4 54.4
Separated 0.3 1.2
Widowed 2.1 7.3
Divorced 8.6 10.3

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In Sherburne County, Minnesota, 1,163 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 19.9% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 95.5% of the people living in Sherburne County, Minnesota were U.S. natives. 79.3% of the Sherburne County, Minnesota population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 4.5% of Sherburne County, Minnesota residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 60.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 59.4 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Sherburne County, Minnesota come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for Sherburne County, Minnesota.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 17.1
Asia 22.9
Europe 14.1
Africa 44
Northern America 2
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024, 5.9 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 1.8% of people at least five years old; 2.1% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 1.8
Other Indo-European languages 1
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 1.1
Other languages 2

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 90.2 % of the people at least one year old living in Sherburne County, Minnesota were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 90.2
Different house, same county 2.3
Different county, same state 6.3
Different state 0.9
Abroad 0.3

Education

In 2020-2024, 94.4 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 29.7% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 5.6% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Sherburne County, Minnesota was 24,712 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 1,193 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 19,727. College or graduate school enrollment was 3,792.

Educational Attainment of People in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 5.6
High school diploma or equivalency 27.4
Some college, no degree 22.4
Associate's degree 14.9
Bachelor's degree 20.8
Graduate or professional degree 8.8

Disability

In Sherburne County, Minnesota, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 10.3 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 4.6% of people under 18 years old, to 8.3% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 32.8% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In Sherburne County, Minnesota, 70.3 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 27.3% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 83.1% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 12.2% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 4.5 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 45,504 83.1
Federal, state, or local government workers 6,704 12.2
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 2,441 4.5

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in Sherburne County, Minnesota worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1
Construction 10.9
Manufacturing 15
Wholesale trade 2.5
Retail trade 12.3
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 6.8
Information 0.6
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 5.4
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 8.3
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 22.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 5.9
Other Services, except public administration 5.1
Public administration 3.4

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 20,909 38.2
Service occupations 8,180 14.9
Sales and office occupations 10,047 18.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 6,057 11.1
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 9,547 17.4

Commuting to Work

An estimated 75.4% of Sherburne County, Minnesota workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 8.5% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 30.7 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 75.4
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 8.5
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.9
Walked 0.7
Other means 1
Worked from home 13.5

In 2020-2024, Sherburne County, Minnesota had a total of 37,099 housing units. Of these housing units, 85.5% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 13.2% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 1.3% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 85.5
Apartments in multi-unit structures 13.2
Mobile homes 1.3
Boat, RV, van, etc 0.1

13.8% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 3.1% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Sherburne County, Minnesota was 6.8 rooms, and of these housing units 76.5% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, Sherburne County, Minnesota had 35,555 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,544 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 83.2% while renters occupied 16.8%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.93 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.01.

2% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 6.9% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 4.2% and another 35.6% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in Sherburne County, Minnesota:

House Heating Fuel Used in Sherburne County, Minnesota in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 80.8
Electricity 16.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.4
All other fuels 2
No fuel used 0.7

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Sherburne County, Minnesota was $361,400.

Of the owner-occupied households, 73.9 % had a mortgage. 26.1% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,050 and for owners without a mortgage it was $700.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Sherburne County, Minnesota was $1,127. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.