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Moving to Wood Lake, Minnesota

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Population: 436. Estimated population in July 2024: 404 (-7.3% change)
Males: 216 (49.5%), Females: 220 (50.5%)

Yellow Medicine County

Zip code: 56297

Demographics

Median resident age: 38.7 years
Median household income: $38,203
Median house value: $36,900

Population by Race

Races in Wood Lake:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.4%)
  • American Indian (1.1%)

Ancestries: German (55.3%), Norwegian (26.4%), Irish (8.9%), United States (6.7%), English (4.1%), Swedish (2.3%).

Elevation: 1050 feet

Land area: 0.8 square miles

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Wood Lake

  • High school or higher: 71.3%
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher: 10.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
  • Unemployed: 5.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Wood Lake city

  • Never married: 20.7%
  • Now married: 63.2%
  • Separated: 0.6%
  • Widowed: 8.7%
  • Divorced: 6.8%

0.5% Foreign born

Population change in the 1990s: +30 (+7.4%).

Hospitals

Hospitals/medical centers near Wood Lake:

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Wood Lake:

  • BROOKINGS MUNI (about 92 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; Abbreviation: BKX)
  • JOE FOSS FIELD (about 112 miles; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Abbreviation: FSD)
  • WATERTOWN MUNI (about 113 miles; WATERTOWN, SD; Abbreviation: ATY)

Other public-use airports nearest to Wood Lake:

  • GRANITE FALLS MUNI/LENZEN-ROE MEMORIAL FLD (about 7 miles; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Abbreviation: 1G2)
  • SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA RGNL MARSHALL/RYAN FLD (about 24 miles; MARSHALL, MN; Abbreviation: MML)
  • MONTEVIDEO-CHIPPEWA COUNTY (about 25 miles; MONTEVIDEO, MN; Abbreviation: MVE)

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Wood Lake:

  • SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; MARSHALL, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,405)
  • RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 47 miles; WILLMAR, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,711)
  • SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; Full-time enrollment: 7,353)
  • SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 109 miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,186)
  • GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 110 miles; ST PETER, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,355)
  • SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 110 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 12,913)
  • MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 113 miles; MANKATO, MN; Full-time enrollment: 11,210)

Private primary/middle school in Wood Lake:

  • ST JOHN LUTHERAN (Students: 17; Location: PO BOX 155; Grades: KG – 7)

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