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Demographics

People

Total Population	8,015
Male Share of the Population	54.6%
Female Share of the Population	45.4%
Senior Citizens	18.5%
Employed Population 16+	4,041
Age of the Population	47

Families

% of people married	63.4%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	58.2%
Median Earnings25+	$73,813
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$35,057
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$43,145

Wealth

Median Family Income	$189,804
% Above Poverty Level	95.7%
% Below Poverty Level	4.3%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	27 minutes
% Working from Home	9.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.7%
% Using Public Transportation	1.3%

Housing

People Living Alone	24.6%
Median Gross Rent	$1,560
Median House Value	$649,000

Ancestry

German	30.6%
English	13.1%
Irish	13%
Swedish	12.9%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	11.6%
Norwegian	11.6%
French Except Basque	5.6%
Danishn	5.1%
Polish	3.9%
Italian	3.5%
Scottish	3.4%
Syrian	2.5%
Arab	2.5%
Finnish	2.1%
Czech	2%
Russian	1.6%
Welsh	1.3%
Canadian	1.2%
Swiss	0.9%
Dutch	0.9%
Ukrainian	0.8%
Slovak	0.8%
Portuguese	0.6%
Greek	0.5%
Hungarian	0.4%
Croatian	0.3%
Luxemburger	0.2%
Austrian	0.1%
Icelander	0.1%
Slovene	0.1%
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Orono Almanac

Category	Value
County	Hennepin County
Standard Zip Codes	55356
Phone Area Codes
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	44.98
Approximate Longitude	-93.56

Orono 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	MAPLE PLAIN
Distance	3 miles
Jan Temp	3 to 23 F
Apr Temp	34 to 57 F
Jul Temp	60 to 83 F
Oct Temp	37 to 59 F
Annual Precip	30.5 inches

Station	DELANO
Distance	11 miles
Jan Temp	-1 to 20 F
Apr Temp	33 to 56 F
Jul Temp	61 to 83 F
Oct Temp	36 to 58 F
Annual Precip	27.2 inches

Station	MINNEAPOLIS INTL AP
Distance	19.2 miles
Jan Temp	4 to 22 F
Apr Temp	36 to 57 F
Jul Temp	63 to 83 F
Oct Temp	39 to 58 F
Annual Precip	29.4 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Long Lake	1,768	$114,333
Maple Plain	1,844	$86,250
Minnetonka Beach	632	$244,375
Mound	9,412	$109,309
Spring Park	1,829	$60,208
Tonka Bay	1,410	$149,792

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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