Okabena, Minnesota - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	263
Male Share of the Population	49%
Female Share of the Population	51%
Senior Citizens	14.1%
Employed Population 16+	122
Age of the Population	38

Families

% of people married	63.5%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	13.1%
Median Earnings25+	$35,577
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$32,083
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$24,464

Wealth

Median Family Income	$70,536
% Above Poverty Level	88.1%
% Below Poverty Level	11.9%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	23 minutes
% Working from Home	2.5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	6.6%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	24.1%
Median Gross Rent	$0
Median House Value	$72,500

Ancestry

German	52.1%
Norwegian	16.7%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	14.8%
Swedish	6.5%
Danishn	4.6%
English	4.2%
Welsh	2.3%
Dutch	2.3%
Swiss	1.9%
Polish	1.5%
Canadian	1.5%
Austrian	1.1%
Belgian	0.8%
Irish	0.8%
French Except Basque	0.4%
Finnish	0.4%
Italian	0.4%
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Okabena Almanac

Category	Value
County	Jackson County
Standard Zip Codes	56161
Phone Area Codes	507
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	43.73
Approximate Longitude	-95.31

Okabena Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	WINDOM
Distance	13.3 miles
Jan Temp	4 to 22 F
Apr Temp	34 to 56 F
Jul Temp	61 to 83 F
Oct Temp	36 to 59 F
Annual Precip	29 inches

Station	WORTHINGTON 2 NNE
Distance	14.8 miles
Jan Temp	2 to 21 F
Apr Temp	32 to 55 F
Jul Temp	60 to 82 F
Oct Temp	34 to 59 F
Annual Precip	27.7 inches

Station	LAMBERTON SW EXP STN
Distance	35.3 miles
Jan Temp	2 to 22 F
Apr Temp	34 to 56 F
Jul Temp	61 to 83 F
Oct Temp	35 to 60 F
Annual Precip	26.2 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Brewster	479	$70,375
Heron Lake	751	$67,083
Lakefield	1,710	$64,688
Round Lake	450	$63,250
Windom	4,459	$70,074
Worthington	13,148	$60,206

Okabena Public Schools

Heron Lake-okabena Secondary
124 N Minnesota Ave
ZIP: 56161
(507) 853-4507
High
Total Enrollment 184

Okabena Private Schools

St Johns Lutheran School
100 W Market St
ZIP: 56161
Elementary
Total Enrollment 20

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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