Demographics of Otsego city, Minnesota

Otsego city, Minnesota had 24,525 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +4,351 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Otsego city, in four figures

24,525
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 22,245 ±35.; +21.6%
Change since July 2020: +4,351 people.; 34.9 ±1.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $119,927 ±$12,286
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.

Otsego city, Minnesota's population grew 21.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Otsego 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

Otsego city, Minnesota's population grew 21.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Otsego 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	20,174	100.0	100.0
2021	21,435	106.3	100.2
2022	22,445	111.3	100.7
2023	23,272	115.4	101.6
2024	23,890	118.4	102.5
2025	24,525	121.6	103.1

Population of Otsego city, Minnesota on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	20,174	—
2021	21,435	+1,261
2022	22,445	+1,010
2023	23,272	+827
2024	23,890	+618
2025	24,525	+635

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 34.9 ±1.8: for men 34.4 ±2.3 and for women 35.2 ±1.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Otsego city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Under 5	1,716 ±347	7.7% ±1.6	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,939 ±631	22.2% ±2.8	17.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,386 ±351	6.2% ±1.6	8.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,118 ±782	32.0% ±3.5	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,829 ±640	21.7% ±2.9	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,257 ±443	10.1% ±2.0	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $119,927 ±$12,286, and income per person $48,748 ±$3,935, 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 Otsego city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Minnesota	United States
Under $25,000	128 to 442	1.7% to 5.9%	11.7% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	841 ±289	11.2% ±3.8	14.9% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	836 ±236	11.1% ±3.1	15.6% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	882 ±309	11.7% ±4.1	13.2% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,946 ±418	25.9% ±5.4	19.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,346 ±300	17.9% ±3.9	11.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,382 ±273	18.4% ±3.5	13.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±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%.

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 Otsego city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Minnesota	United States
All ages	279 to 1,259	1.3% to 5.7%	9.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	29 to 345	0.5% to 5.2%	10.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	70 to 598	0.6% to 4.9%	9.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	101 to 395	3.3% to 11.7%	8.7% ±0.2	11.0% ±<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%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Otsego city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Otsego city	Minnesota	United States
Housing units	7,757 ±380	2,545,030 ±1,535	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.9% ±6.6	90.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	0.9% to 5.2%	9.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	92.7% ±2.8	72.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	7.3% ±2.7	27.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$396,700 ±$24,312	$329,300 ±$903	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,765 ±$184	$1,280 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	2008 ±2	1979 ±1	1980 ±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%.

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 Otsego city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Hispanic or Latino	775 ±261	3.5% ±1.2	6.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	17,887 ±713	80.4% ±3.2	75.9% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,817 ±454	8.2% ±2.0	6.9% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	807 ±282	3.6% ±1.3	5.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.1%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 327	0% to 1.5%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	399 to 1,193	1.8% to 5.4%	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 Otsego city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Born in the state	15,561 ±853	70.0% ±3.8	67.1% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,295 ±706	19.3% ±3.2	23.4% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	20 to 350	0.1% to 1.6%	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,204 ±567	9.9% ±2.5	8.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,562 ±450	7.0% ±2.0	5.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	316 to 968	1.4% to 4.4%	3.6% ±0.1	6.8% ±<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%.

Otsego city among the places of Minnesota

50th 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 Otsego city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
White Bear Lake city	23,908 ±155
Farmington city	23,902 ±51
Champlin city	23,294 ±27
New Brighton city	22,710 ±34
Crystal city	22,476 ±29
Otsego city	22,245 ±35
Columbia Heights city	22,155 ±35
Hastings city	22,117 ±28
Lino Lakes city	22,113 ±40
Golden Valley city	21,725 ±29
West St. Paul city	21,382 ±28

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Minnesota by median rent
No. 3 Places in Minnesota by homeownership rate
No. 12 Places in Minnesota by median household income
No. 21 Places in Minnesota by foreign-born share
No. 25 Places by homeownership rate
No. 25 Places in Minnesota by median home value

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