BETA

Census › Minnesota › Benton County

Benton County, MN

People
Population41,593B01003
Population, 2020 census41,379P1
Median age36.2B01002
Under 1825.3%B01001
65 and over14.0%B01001
Households16,719B11001
Foreign born3.5%B05002
Money
Median household income$74,410B19013
Median family income$98,468B19113
Per capita income$38,579B19301
Poverty rate9.9%B17001
Unemployment rate3.9%B23025
Civilian labor force23,255B23025
Mean commute (minutes)23.2B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher26.2%B15003
Housing
Housing units17,608B25001
Owner-occupied66.7%B25003
Renters33.3%B25003
Median home value$271,000B25077
Median gross rent$982B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic86.0%B03002
Black5.5%B03002
Hispanic or Latino3.5%B03002
Asian1.0%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 84% of Minnesota's ($89,062); poverty 9.9% against 9.3%; 0.7% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 201: 6,209Census Tract 202.02: 2,872Census Tract 202.03: 3,065Census Tract 202.05: 3,433Census Tract 202.06: 2,617Census Tract 203: 4,180Census Tract 211.02: 4,701Census Tract 211.03: 3,491Census Tract 211.04: 4,416Census Tract 212.01: 6,609Sauk RapidsFoleyRiceGilmanRonnebyZIP 56379: 139 nonprofits, $53,714,146ZIP 56329: 106 nonprofits, $3,610,060ZIP 56367: 44 nonprofits, $2,657,285ZIP 56357: 3 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 3,0653,065 to 3,4913,491 to 4,4164,416 to 6,209over 6,209nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Benton County, MN

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits295$59,981,491 revenue (latest return)GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN HOME OF SAUK RAPIDS MINNESOTA ($28,723,073)
Nonprofit contractors23$46,107,171 paid by nonprofitsBCI CONSTRUCTION INC ($15,875,121)
Form D issuers3$1,057,500 amount soldNexyst 360, Inc. ($617,500)
Political committees5MAKE AMERICA NICE AGAIN
Form 5500 plan sponsors152181 plansVIRNIG MANUFACTURING INC (7)
Open Payments recipients21$7,610 industry paymentsMUHAMMAD K SURI ($3,658)
Patent and trademark owners61165 patents and marksPinnacle Climate Technologies, Inc. (32)
Federal award recipients2,020$82,996,044 federal awardsBENTON COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE COMPANY ($16,649,745)
State business registrations164J-BERD MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.

Cross-reference: 295 nonprofits for 41,593 residents is 70.9 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $59,981,491 is $1,442 per resident, 4.8% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1CARA RUFFEXECUTIVE DIRECTORINDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC - A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING$227,39620243.1x
2MICHAEL STORDAHLPRESIDENT/CEO/ADMINISTRATORGOOD SHEPHERD HOMES INC$223,56520243.0x
3LOWELL HAAGENSONEXECUTIVE DIRECTORCENTRAL MINNESOTA EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$190,74420252.6x
4BRUCE GLANZERPRESIDENT/CEO/ADMINISTRATORSHEPHERD OAK WEST APARTMENTS INC$188,07320182.5x
5KRISTA MARTINICFOGOOD SHEPHERD HOMES INC$167,69120242.3x
6DAWN DUEVELCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERCENTRAL MINNESOTA EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$163,32520252.2x
7CRAIG TORGERSONTECHNOLOGY DIRECTORCENTRAL MINNESOTA EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$155,69320252.1x
8STEPHANIE SYLTEDEVELOPMENT MANAGERCENTRAL MINNESOTA EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$155,29820252.1x
9AMANDA OTHOUDTExecutive Dir.BENTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INC$151,69920252.0x
10JACQUELYN BARBERDON/VP OF NURSINGGOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN HOME OF SAUK RAPIDS MINNESOTA$135,13920241.8x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $74,410.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 10 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 212.016,609$49,03225.4%29.7
Census Tract 2016,209$84,9549.5%36.8
Census Tract 211.024,701$55,17911.4%36.8
Census Tract 211.044,416$92,1173.5%36.3
Census Tract 2034,180$95,7414.1%37.0
Census Tract 211.033,491$62,5768.4%34.0
Census Tract 202.053,433$99,0186.6%44.2
Census Tract 202.033,065$110,9093.8%37.1
Census Tract 202.022,872$106,8753.3%40.8
Census Tract 202.062,617$63,6258.7%48.4

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0