Eagle Lake (Minnesota)

Blue Earth County

27-17378

Eagle Lake is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Blue Earth County in the western part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Eagle Lake had 2422 inhabitants.

Geography

The community of Eagle Lake is located on the southern shore of Lake 44 ° 09'54 on " north latitude and 93 ° 52'53 " west longitude. The site covers 4.17 km ².

Towns nearby Eagle Lake are Mankato (10.3 km to the west ), Madison Lake (9.6 km north-east ), Janesville (15,7 km southeast) and St. Clair ( 11.4 km to the south).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (135 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (141 km in the same direction), Rochester (124 km east), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (342 km south), Omaha, Nebraska ( 466 km southwest ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (276 km west-southwest ) and Fargo, North Dakota (450 km north-west ).

Traffic

Due to the north of the city leads the four-lane U.S. Highway 14, the 60 runs here coincides with the Minnesota State Route. All other roads within North Mankato are minor roadways or urban roads.

In southwest-northeast direction, a railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs through the urban area of Eagle Lake.

The Mankato Regional Airport ( 10.1 km north west ) is the nearest airport. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (130 km northeast).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Eagle Lake 2422 people in 887 households. The population density was 580.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 887 households lived statistically 2.73 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 6.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 65,455. The per capita income was $ 27,611. 8.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.