Moving to Ellendale, Minnesota
Population: 590. Estimated population in July 2024: 649 (+10.0% change)
Males: 283 (48.0%), Females: 307 (52.0%)
Steele County
Zip code: 56026
Demographics
Median resident age: 40.2 years
Median household income: $37,750
Median house value: $74,500
Population by Race
Races in Ellendale:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
Ancestries: German (36.3%), Norwegian (28.0%), Danish (11.5%), Irish (8.3%), Czech (5.4%), English (4.6%).
Land area: 0.9 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Ellendale
- High school or higher: 84.5%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 16.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
- Unemployed: 1.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.0 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Ellendale city
- Never married: 23.6%
- Now married: 56.5%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 8.1%
- Divorced: 10.9%
0.7% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +28 (+5.0%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Ellendale:
- OWATONNA HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; OWATONNA, MN)
- NAEVE HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; ALBERT LEA, MN)
- WASECA AREA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; WASECA, MN)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ellendale:
- MASON CITY MUNI (about 50 miles; MASON CITY, IA; Abbreviation: MCW)
- ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL (about 57 miles; ROCHESTER, MN; Abbreviation: RST)
- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN/ (about 69 miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Abbreviation: MSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ellendale:
- ALBERT LEA MUNI (about 15 miles; ALBERT LEA, MN; Abbreviation: AEL)
- OWATONNA DEGNER RGNL (about 18 miles; OWATONNA, MN; Abbreviation: OWA)
- WASECA MUNI (about 22 miles; WASECA, MN; Abbreviation: ACQ)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ellendale:
- SAINT OLAF COLLEGE (about 42 miles; NORTHFIELD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,968)
- NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; MASON CITY, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,161)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 52 miles; MANKATO, MN; Full-time enrollment: 11,210)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 56 miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,186)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 58 miles; ST PETER, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,355)
- ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 61 miles; ROCHESTER, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,368)
- NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles; BLOOMINGTON, MN; Full-time enrollment: 4,636)
Public primary/middle school in Ellendale:
- NRHEG ELEM/MIDDLE (Students: 451; Location: 200 SCHOOL ST.; Grades: PK – 08)