Heron Lake (Minnesota)
Jackson County
27-28700
Heron Lake is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Heron Lake had 698 inhabitants.
Geography
Heron Lake is located on the same lake in southwestern Minnesota. The town is located at 43 ° 47'42 " north latitude, 95 ° 19'13 " west longitude and extending over 3.32 km ².
Towns nearby Heron Lake are Wilder ( 11.3 km ENE ), Okabena (6,9 km south), Miloma (5,8 km southwest), Kinbrae (15,7 km wewstnordwestlich ) and Dundee ( 17.2 km north west ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (254 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (267 km in the same direction), Rochester (262 km east), Iowa's capital, Des Moines ( 398 km southeast), Omaha, Nebraska ( 345 km SSW ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (125 miles west) and Fargo, North Dakota (417 km north- north-west ).
Traffic
The Minnesota State Route 60 runs in the northeast-southwest direction through the urban area of Heron Lake. All other roads within Jackson are minor roadways or urban roads.
In parallel to MN 60 runs a railroad line of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Jackson Municipal Airport is located 40.5 km south east of Heron Lake. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (249 km northeast).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Heron Lake 698 people in 306 households. The population density was 210.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 306 households lived statistically 2.28 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 92.1 percent white, 1.9 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 4.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 12.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 49,219. The per capita income was $ 23,193. 12.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.