Demographics of Moorhead city, Minnesota

Moorhead city, Minnesota had 46,533 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,984 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Moorhead city, in four figures

46,533
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 45,036 ±68.; +4.5%
Change since July 2020: +1,984 people.; 31.3 ±0.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $72,761 ±$5,984
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Moorhead city, Minnesota's population grew 4.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Moorhead city, Minnesota's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Moorhead city, Minnesota's population grew 4.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Moorhead city, Minnesota's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	44,549	100.0	100.0
2021	44,797	100.6	100.2
2022	45,073	101.2	100.7
2023	45,427	102.0	101.6
2024	46,170	103.6	102.5
2025	46,533	104.5	103.1

Population of Moorhead city, Minnesota on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	44,549	—
2021	44,797	+248
2022	45,073	+276
2023	45,427	+354
2024	46,170	+743
2025	46,533	+363

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 31.3 ±0.5: for men 31.3 ±0.7 and for women 31.4 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Moorhead city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Under 5	2,853 ±246	6.3% ±0.5	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	7,526 ±479	16.7% ±1.1	17.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	8,087 ±529	18.0% ±1.2	8.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	12,335 ±592	27.4% ±1.3	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,532 ±473	18.9% ±1.0	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,703 ±439	12.7% ±1.0	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $72,761 ±$5,984, and income per person $37,546 ±$1,595, in 2024 dollars. The median is $89,062 ±$409 in Minnesota and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Moorhead city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Minnesota	United States
Under $25,000	3,613 ±484	19.5% ±2.6	11.7% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,939 ±398	15.9% ±2.1	14.9% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,822 ±382	15.2% ±2.1	15.6% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,521 ±365	13.6% ±2.0	13.2% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,463 ±376	18.7% ±2.0	19.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,877 ±293	10.1% ±1.6	11.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,273 ±219	6.9% ±1.2	13.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Moorhead city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Minnesota	United States
All ages	6,813 ±931	16.1% ±2.2	9.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,572 ±450	15.4% ±4.3	10.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	4,398 ±490	18.0% ±1.9	9.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	843 ±231	11.1% ±3.0	8.7% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Moorhead city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Moorhead city	Minnesota	United States
Housing units	19,184 ±229	2,545,030 ±1,535	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.5% ±0.8	90.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	3.5% ±1.2	9.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	58.1% ±2.4	72.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	41.9% ±2.6	27.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$249,000 ±$7,704	$329,300 ±$903	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,033 ±$50	$1,280 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1983 ±3	1979 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Moorhead city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,375 ±320	5.3% ±0.7	6.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	36,221 ±433	80.4% ±1.0	75.9% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,700 ±341	6.0% ±0.8	6.9% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	881 ±185	2.0% ±0.4	5.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	345 ±110	0.8% ±0.2	0.7% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	3 to 57	< 0.1% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 130	0% to 0.3%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,420 ±401	5.4% ±0.9	4.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Moorhead city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Born in the state	17,618 ±788	39.1% ±1.7	67.1% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	24,583 ±887	54.6% ±2.0	23.4% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	326 ±132	0.7% ±0.3	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,509 ±482	5.6% ±1.1	8.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,342 ±310	3.0% ±0.7	5.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,167 ±435	2.6% ±1.0	3.6% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Moorhead city among the places of Minnesota

23rd of 152 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Minnesota page.

Places of Minnesota near Moorhead city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Edina city	53,262 ±32
Minnetonka city	53,064 ±28
St. Louis Park city	49,594 ±38
Shakopee city	46,012 ±33
Mankato city	45,473 ±51
Moorhead city	45,036 ±68
Cottage Grove city	40,992 ±50
Maplewood city	40,695 ±64
Richfield city	36,642 ±56
Inver Grove Heights city	35,906 ±75
Roseville city	35,802 ±56

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Moorhead city, Minnesota

Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Places in Minnesota by poverty rate
No. 38 Places in Minnesota by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 58 Places in Minnesota by foreign-born share
No. 86 Places in Minnesota by median household income
No. 89 Places in Minnesota by median rent
No. 92 Places in Minnesota by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026