What is the population of Oronoco city?

Oronoco city has 1,665 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #291 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Oronoco city?

Median household income in Oronoco city is $146,875 a year, 87% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,063 a month and the median home value is $468,700, so rent absorbs about 8.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oronoco city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 8.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Oronoco, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Oronoco, Minnesota (Oronoco, MN — Census place “Oronoco city”) is 1,665 residents, ranking #291 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $146,875, the median home is worth $468,700 and median gross rent runs $1,063 a month. Looking for the Oronoco Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Oronoco, MN: 55960.

Population: 1,665Oronoco city residents
Median household income: $146,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $468,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,063Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 98.2%Owner-occupied households

Oronoco ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Oronoco.

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

55960

What the numbers mean in Oronoco city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Oronoco city median would spend about 8.7% 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 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.4% of residents and 98.2% of households own their home.

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

Oronoco city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Oronoco city is a small town in Minnesota, with 1,665 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #291 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 68% of them. The median age here is 35.7 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 Oronoco city earn a median of $146,875 a year, 87% above the national figure of $78,538 and 95% 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 2.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Oronoco city is valued at $468,700, 54.5% above the national figure and 95% above the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,063 a month, 24.4% below the national figure, or roughly $12,756 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 8.7% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 98.2% 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.

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 Oronoco city?: Oronoco city has 1,665 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #291 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Oronoco city?: Median household income in Oronoco city is $146,875 a year, 87% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oronoco city?: Median gross rent is $1,063 a month and the median home value is $468,700, so rent absorbs about 8.7% of median household income.
Is Oronoco city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oronoco city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 8.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Oronoco 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.