Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Otter Tail County has a population of 60,475 and has grown 1.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $273,000, about 3.8 times the county's median household income of $72,255.

Home price
$273,000
Income
$72,255
Population
60,475
Unemployment
4.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$273,000county
Median gross rent$868county
Median year homes here were built1979county
Share of homes built before 198051.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant31.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented20.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use27.5%county
Typical monthly rent$937county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$983county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$749county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,367county
Home insurance / yr$2,729(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living94.6(statewide)
Median household income$72,255county
Family health premium / yr$23,565(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$22,569(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.846(statewide)
Poverty rate8.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home10.4%county
Unemployment rate4.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.2%county
Share of workers employed by government14.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.4%county
Economic output per resident$54,319county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.77%county
Top state income tax9.85%(statewide)
Capital gains tax10.85%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.14%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time20.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service60 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport552860county
Miles to nearest general aviation field16 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here5county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station29 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.6%county
Traffic deaths38.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0002.5(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher28.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.4%county
Public schools in the county27county
Public school enrollment7757county
Students per full-time teacher15.3county
Free lunch eligible38.7%county
Elementary schools11county
Middle schools3county
High schools8county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution56 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians53county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter5.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.0%county
Frequent mental distress16.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population60,475county
Land area in square miles1,972county
People per square mile of land30.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores13county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store15.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract22.1%county
Population change since 2020+1.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age46.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over25.4%county
Share of households that are one person30.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.0%county
Second languages4.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls56.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents228county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents3county
Households that moved in1,310county
Households that moved away1,478county
Average income of arriving households$69,824county
Average income of departing households$57,656county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes2county
Housing units authorised in the latest year72county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings16.7%county
Violent crime rate257(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature42.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation25.6 incounty
Annual snowfall59.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.72 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F2 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing163 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days162 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 2county
Average first fall frostOct 11county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$117county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh13.8¢county
Household electricity use919 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$13.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity27.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas32.1%county
Homes heated by propane29.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil4.3%county
Homes heated by wood4.7%county
Households with broadband87.7%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk83.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk53.1county
Landslide risk82.0county
Hail risk81.4county
Earthquake risk18.8county
Tornado risk84.2county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk42.4county
Winter weather risk97.5county
Strong wind risk86.7county
Wildfire risk79.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Otter Tail County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Minnesota figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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