What is the population of Hector city?

Hector city has 1,111 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #349 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Hector city?

Median household income in Hector city is $59,762 a year, 23.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hector city?

Median gross rent is $1,108 a month and the median home value is $124,100, so rent absorbs about 22.2% of median household income.

Is Hector city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hector city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Minnesota · Census place 28124

Hector, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Hector, Minnesota (Hector, MN — Census place “Hector city”) is 1,111 residents, ranking #349 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $59,762, the median home is worth $124,100 and median gross rent runs $1,108 a month. Looking for the Hector Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hector, MN: 55342.

Population: 1,111Hector city residents
Median household income: $59,762Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $124,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,108Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75.1%Owner-occupied households

Hector ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hector.

The Hector MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

55342

What the numbers mean in Hector city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Hector city median would spend about 22.2% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.9% of residents and 75.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Hector city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Hector city is a small town in Minnesota, with 1,111 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #349 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 61% of them. The median age here is 38.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Hector city earn a median of $59,762 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. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hector city is valued at $124,100, 59.1% below the national figure and 48% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,108 a month, 21.2% below the national figure, or roughly $13,296 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, 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. 75.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.

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What is the population of Hector city?: Hector city has 1,111 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #349 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Hector city?: Median household income in Hector city is $59,762 a year, 23.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hector city?: Median gross rent is $1,108 a month and the median home value is $124,100, so rent absorbs about 22.2% of median household income.
Is Hector city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hector city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Hector 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.