Moving to Minden, Iowa
Population: 564. Estimated population in July 2024: 568 (+0.7% change)
Males: 275 (48.8%), Females: 289 (51.2%)
Pottawattamie County
Zip code: 51553
Demographics
Median resident age: 35.5 years
Median household income: $42,054
Median house value: $97,000
Population by Race
Races in Minden:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.5%)
- Hispanic (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (52.7%), Irish (13.7%), English (8.7%), Danish (8.2%), Czech (5.5%), United States (3.7%).
Elevation: 1204 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Minden
- High school or higher: 87.4%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 19.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.1%
- Unemployed: 0.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.9 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Minden city
- Never married: 21.2%
- Now married: 61.9%
- Separated: 0.5%
- Widowed: 8.7%
- Divorced: 7.8%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +32 (+6.0%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Minden:
- SHELBY COUNTY MYRTUE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; HARLAN, IA)
- ALEGENT HEALTH MERCY HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA)
- JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Minden:
- EPPLEY AIRFIELD (about 27 miles; OMAHA, NE; Abbreviation: OMA)
- SIOUX GATEWAY/COL. BUD DAY FIELD (about 87 miles; SIOUX CITY, IA; Abbreviation: SUX)
- LINCOLN MUNI (about 94 miles; LINCOLN, NE; Abbreviation: LNK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Minden:
- HARLAN MUNI (about 17 miles; HARLAN, IA; Abbreviation: HNR)
- COUNCIL BLUFFS MUNI (about 21 miles; COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA; Abbreviation: CBF)
- WOODBINE MUNI (about 21 miles; WOODBINE, IA; Abbreviation: 3Y4)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Minden:
- IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23 miles; COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,840)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 32 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 6,175)
- BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; BELLEVUE, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,723)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA (about 46 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 10,150)
- CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,806)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER (about 46 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,448)
- WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 82 miles; SIOUX CITY, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,639)