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Wadena County, MN

People
Population14,256B01003
Population, 2020 census14,065P1
Median age40.0B01002
Under 1826.1%B01001
65 and over20.2%B01001
Households6,081B11001
Foreign born1.1%B05002
Money
Median household income$61,467B19013
Median family income$84,103B19113
Per capita income$32,541B19301
Poverty rate12.5%B17001
Unemployment rate5.5%B23025
Civilian labor force6,757B23025
Mean commute (minutes)21.3B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher19.8%B15003
Housing
Housing units7,021B25001
Owner-occupied73.6%B25003
Renters26.4%B25003
Median home value$173,000B25077
Median gross rent$746B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic86.1%B03002
Black1.7%B03002
Hispanic or Latino2.4%B03002
Asian0.3%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%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 69% of Minnesota's ($89,062); poverty 12.5% against 9.3%; 0.2% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 4801: 3,439Census Tract 4802: 5,524Census Tract 4803: 5,293WadenaStaplesMenahgaSebekaVerndaleNimrodAldrichZIP 56482: 111 nonprofits, $132,250,031ZIP 56464: 49 nonprofits, $1,613,640ZIP 56477: 28 nonprofits, $14,467,332ZIP 56481: 25 nonprofits, $228,986Population (ACS 2020-2024)up to 3,4393,439 to 5,293over 5,293nonprofits (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 Wadena County, MN

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits213$148,559,989 revenue (latest return)ASTERA HEALTH ($102,360,860)
Nonprofit contractors13$155,631,275 paid by nonprofitsLEGACY POWER LINE ($65,749,057)
Form D issuers2$18,030,280 amount soldFiber Minnesota, LLC ($18,030,280)
Political committees1ERIK OSBERG FOR CONGRESS
Form 5500 plan sponsors4864 plansASTERA HEALTH (6)
Open Payments recipients84$25,870 industry paymentsBENJAMIN ROBERTSON ($4,059)
Patent and trademark owners2984 patents and marksSourcewell (11)
Federal award recipients1,298$104,467,060 federal awardsWEST CENTRAL TELEPHONE ASSN. ($43,162,807)
State business registrations48DHC OF LAKES AREA, INC.

Cross-reference: 213 nonprofits for 14,256 residents is 149.4 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $148,559,989 is $10,421 per resident, 39.7% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1BENJAMIN ROBERTSON MDPHYSICIANASTERA HEALTH$1,290,359202421.0x
2HALA MADI MDPHYSICIANASTERA HEALTH$1,015,264202416.5x
3NATHANIEL RONNING MDPHYSICIANASTERA HEALTH$750,403202412.2x
4RYAN SCOTT MDPHYSICIANASTERA HEALTH$623,635202410.1x
5RACHEL REDIG MDPHYSICIAN/BOARD MEMBERASTERA HEALTH$609,53420249.9x
6TRAVIS SWARTZ MDPHYSICIANASTERA HEALTH$590,39720239.6x
7ROSS ANDERSON MDPHYSICIANASTERA HEALTH$581,13920219.5x
8DAVID KLOSS MDPHYSICIANASTERA HEALTH$577,56920219.4x
9BETH JARRETT MDPHYSICIANASTERA HEALTH$508,73320248.3x
10JOEL BEISWENGERCEO, PRESIDENTASTERA HEALTH$486,63220247.9x

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 $61,467.

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 3 tracts

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

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 48025,524$64,04812.3%41.4
Census Tract 48035,293$58,23415.4%39.4
Census Tract 48013,439$66,4428.1%40.4

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