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Nelson city, Minnesota

People
Population	155	B01003
Population, 2020 census	182	P1
Median age	48.1	B01002
Under 18	20.0%	B01001
65 and over	10.3%	B01001
Households	77	B11001
Foreign born	0.0%	B05002

Money
Median household income	$57,188	B19013
Median family income	$76,250	B19113
Per capita income	$31,913	B19301
Poverty rate	9.0%	B17001
Unemployment rate	3.9%	B23025
Civilian labor force	103	B23025
Mean commute (minutes)	25.0	B08013

Education
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	B15003

Housing
Housing units	78	B25001
Owner-occupied	54.5%	B25003
Renters	45.5%	B25003
Median home value	$157,500	B25077
Median gross rent	$1,000	B25064

Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic	92.9%	B03002
Black	0.0%	B03002
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	B03002
Asian	0.0%	B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.6%	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 county: median household income here is 72% of Douglas County's ($79,043); poverty 9.0% against 9.0%.

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FURP records in Nelson, MN

Records	How many	Total	Biggest
Nonprofits	6	$71,688 revenue (latest return)	NELSON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ($71,688)
Form 5500 plan sponsors	1	1 plans	COLLINS CABINETS OF ALEX., INC. (1)
Open Payments recipients	1	$4,129 industry payments	KELLY L. BUMGARNER ($4,129)
Federal award recipients	65	$141,009 federal awards	DIAMONDS INC ($66,442)
State business registrations	1		COLLINS CABINETS OF ALEX., INC.

Cross-reference: 6 nonprofits for 155 residents is 387.1 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $71,688 is $463 per resident, 1.6% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

NELSON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Nelson, MN · $71,688
FAHLUN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Nelson, MN
GREAT EXPECTATIONS I INC Nelson, MN
HIS KIDS ORPHAN MINISTRY Nelson, MN
NELSON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION Nelson, MN
OSAKIS BASEBALL ASSOCIATION Nelson, MN

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

COLLINS CABINETS OF ALEX., INC. Nelson, MN · 1

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

KELLY L. BUMGARNER Nelson, MN · $4,129

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

DIAMONDS INC Nelson, MN · $66,442
MORISETTE BROTHERS Nelson, MN · $36,215
UNDISCLOSED RECIPIENT Nelson, MN · $16,352
GLORY AUTO SALES DBA GLORY AUTO SALES Nelson, MN · $9,000
DBA MC ENTERTAINMENT Nelson, MN · $2,000
NORTHLAND WOOLENS, INC. Nelson, MN · $2,000
BLACK TIMBER LANDWORX, LLC Nelson, MN · $1,000
CAR DEALER Nelson, MN · $1,000
GERALD NELSON Nelson, MN · $1,000
GERARD GAY Nelson, MN · $1,000

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