
Minnesota · Census place 23714
Gilbert, MN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Gilbert, Minnesota (Gilbert, MN — Census place “Gilbert city”) is 1,693 residents, ranking #286 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $62,625, the median home is worth $116,200 and median gross rent runs $598 a month. Looking for the Gilbert Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gilbert, MN: 55741.
- Population
- 1,693Gilbert city residents
- Median household income
- $62,625Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $116,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $598Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 49.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 85.3%Owner-occupied households
Gilbert ZIP codes (Minnesota)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gilbert.
The Gilbert 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 Gilbert city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Gilbert city median would spend about 11.5% 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 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.8% of residents and 85.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Gilbert city, MN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Gilbert city is a small town in Minnesota, with 1,693 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #286 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 68% of them. The median age here is 49.5 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 Gilbert city earn a median of $62,625 a year, 20.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Gilbert city is valued at $116,200, 61.7% below the national figure and 52% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $598 a month, 57.5% below the national figure, or roughly $7,176 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.5% 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 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 85.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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
Places of similar size in Minnesota.
- Lewiston city 1,680
- Grand Marais city 1,700
- Braham city 1,674
- Long Lake city 1,710
- Osakis city 1,667
- Rock Creek city 1,711
- Hinckley city 1,665
- Nisswa city 1,744
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Gilbert city?
- Gilbert city has 1,693 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #286 of 914 in Minnesota.
- What is the median household income in Gilbert city?
- Median household income in Gilbert city is $62,625 a year, 20.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gilbert city?
- Median gross rent is $598 a month and the median home value is $116,200, so rent absorbs about 11.5% of median household income.
- Is Gilbert city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gilbert city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Gilbert 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.