Minnesota · Census place 67432
Waconia, MN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Waconia, Minnesota (Waconia, MN — Census place “Waconia city”) is 13,223 residents, ranking #85 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $104,929, the median home is worth $407,600 and median gross rent runs $1,299 a month. Looking for the Waconia Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Waconia, MN: 55387.
- Population
- 13,223Waconia city residents
- Median household income
- $104,929Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $407,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,299Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 80.9%Owner-occupied households
Waconia ZIP codes (Minnesota)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Waconia.
The Waconia 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 Waconia city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Waconia city median would spend about 14.9% 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 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.2% of residents and 80.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Waconia city, MN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Waconia city is a mid-size town in Minnesota, with 13,223 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #85 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 37.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Waconia city earn a median of $104,929 a year, 33.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 39% above 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 4.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Waconia city is valued at $407,600, 34.3% above the national figure and 70% above the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,299 a month, 7.6% below the national figure, or roughly $15,588 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.9% 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 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 80.9% 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.
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 Waconia city?
- Waconia city has 13,223 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #85 of 914 in Minnesota.
- What is the median household income in Waconia city?
- Median household income in Waconia city is $104,929 a year, 33.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waconia city?
- Median gross rent is $1,299 a month and the median home value is $407,600, so rent absorbs about 14.9% of median household income.
- Is Waconia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waconia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Waconia 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.