What is the population of Worthington city?

Worthington city has 13,792 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #83 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Worthington city?

Median household income in Worthington city is $61,840 a year, 21.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $892 a month and the median home value is $184,200, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Worthington city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Worthington, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Worthington, Minnesota (Worthington, MN — Census place “Worthington city”) is 13,792 residents, ranking #83 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $61,840, the median home is worth $184,200 and median gross rent runs $892 a month. Looking for the Worthington Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Worthington, MN: 56187.

Population: 13,792Worthington city residents
Median household income: $61,840Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $184,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $892Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.3%Owner-occupied households

Worthington ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Worthington.

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

56187

What the numbers mean in Worthington city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Worthington city median would spend about 17.3% 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.6% of residents and 63.3% of households own their home.

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

Worthington city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Worthington city is a mid-size town in Minnesota, with 13,792 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #83 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 33.5 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 Worthington city earn a median of $61,840 a year, 21.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 18% 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 15.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Worthington city is valued at $184,200, 39.3% below the national figure and 23% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $892 a month, 36.6% below the national figure, or roughly $10,704 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.3% 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×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Worthington city?: Worthington city has 13,792 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #83 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Worthington city?: Median household income in Worthington city is $61,840 a year, 21.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Worthington city?: Median gross rent is $892 a month and the median home value is $184,200, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.
Is Worthington city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Worthington city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Worthington 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.