Minnesota · Census place 14878
Dassel, MN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Dassel, Minnesota (Dassel, MN — Census place “Dassel city”) is 1,332 residents, ranking #313 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $59,750, the median home is worth $218,900 and median gross rent runs $881 a month. Looking for the Dassel Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dassel, MN: 55325.
- Population
- 1,332Dassel city residents
- Median household income
- $59,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $218,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $881Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 45.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.8%Owner-occupied households
Dassel ZIP codes (Minnesota)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dassel.
The Dassel MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Dassel city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Dassel city median would spend about 17.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.5% of residents and 63.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Dassel city, MN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Dassel city is a small town in Minnesota, with 1,332 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #313 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 45.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Dassel city earn a median of $59,750 a year, 23.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 12.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Dassel city is valued at $218,900, 27.9% below the national figure and 9% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $881 a month, 37.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,572 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Dassel city?
- Dassel city has 1,332 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #313 of 914 in Minnesota.
- What is the median household income in Dassel city?
- Median household income in Dassel city is $59,750 a year, 23.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dassel city?
- Median gross rent is $881 a month and the median home value is $218,900, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.
- Is Dassel city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dassel city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Dassel city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.