Battle Lake, Minnesota

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Demographics

People

Total Population	851
Male Share of the Population	41%
Female Share of the Population	59%
Senior Citizens	36.8%
Employed Population 16+	305
Age of the Population	50

Families

% of people married	44.7%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	25.6%
Median Earnings25+	$25,625
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$17,250

Wealth

Median Family Income	$43,214
% Above Poverty Level	89.6%
% Below Poverty Level	10.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	25 minutes
% Working from Home	2.3%
% Walking and Biking to Work	5.9%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	39.4%
Median Gross Rent	$659
Median House Value	$122,300

Ancestry

Norwegian	41.1%
German	40%
Irish	13.6%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	9.5%
Swedish	9.5%
English	7.6%
Danishn	2.9%
Czech	2.8%
Canadian	2.5%
French Except Basque	2.2%
Italian	1.5%
Polish	1.1%
Ukrainian	0.8%
Finnish	0.8%
Dutch	0.6%
African	0.6%
Lithuanian	0.4%
Swiss	0.2%
Scottish	0.2%
Slovak	0.1%
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Battle Lake Almanac

Category	Value
County	Otter Tail County
Standard Zip Codes	56515
Phone Area Codes	218
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	46.28
Approximate Longitude	-95.71

Battle Lake 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	OTTERTAIL
Distance	11.7 miles
Jan Temp	-2 to 20 F
Apr Temp	33 to 56 F
Jul Temp	61 to 82 F
Oct Temp	37 to 58 F
Annual Precip	26.6 inches

Station	ELBOW LAKE
Distance	23.9 miles
Jan Temp	-5 to 16 F
Apr Temp	31 to 54 F
Jul Temp	58 to 81 F
Oct Temp	33 to 57 F
Annual Precip	23.3 inches

Station	WADENA 3 S
Distance	28.1 miles
Jan Temp	-5 to 16 F
Apr Temp	29 to 53 F
Jul Temp	56 to 79 F
Oct Temp	32 to 55 F
Annual Precip	26.4 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Ashby	549	$51,875
Clitherall	88	$30,833
Dalton	278	$43,750
Henning	896	$52,625
Ottertail	414	$63,889
Underwood	391	$71,250

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Battle Lake Public Schools

Battle Lake Elementary
402 Summit St W
ZIP: 56515
(218) 864-5217
Primary
Total Enrollment 213

Battle Lake Secondary
402 Summit St W
ZIP: 56515
(218) 864-5215
High
Total Enrollment 241

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, 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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