What is the population of Hugo city?

Hugo city has 16,076 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #71 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Hugo city?

Median household income in Hugo city is $114,057 a year, 45.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,896 a month and the median home value is $394,200, so rent absorbs about 19.9% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hugo city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Hugo, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Hugo, Minnesota (Hugo, MN — Census place “Hugo city”) is 16,076 residents, ranking #71 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $114,057, the median home is worth $394,200 and median gross rent runs $1,896 a month. Looking for the Hugo Minnesota ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Hugo, MN: 55038, 55110.

Population: 16,076Hugo city residents
Median household income: $114,057Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $394,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,896Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 89.1%Owner-occupied households

Hugo ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hugo.

The Hugo MN ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Hugo city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Hugo city median would spend about 19.9% 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 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.7% of residents and 89.1% of households own their home.

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

Hugo city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Hugo city is a mid-size town in Minnesota, with 16,076 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #71 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 39.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Hugo city earn a median of $114,057 a year, 45.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 51% above 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 1.7% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hugo city is valued at $394,200, 29.9% above the national figure and 64% above the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,896 a month, 34.9% above the national figure, or roughly $22,752 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.9% 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 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 89.1% 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. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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.

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What is the population of Hugo city?: Hugo city has 16,076 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #71 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Hugo city?: Median household income in Hugo city is $114,057 a year, 45.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hugo city?: Median gross rent is $1,896 a month and the median home value is $394,200, so rent absorbs about 19.9% of median household income.
Is Hugo city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hugo city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Hugo city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.