Elysian (Minnesota)

Le Sueur County Waseca County

27-19160

Elysian is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Le Sueur and to a lesser extent in Waseca County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Elysian had 652 inhabitants.

Geography

Elysian is surrounded by lakeside scenery in southern Minnesota. The geographical coordinates are 44 ° 11'55 Elysian " north latitude and 93 ° 40'26 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 3.13 km ².

Towns nearby Elysian are Waterville ( 10.4 km ENE ), Waseca (22,8 km southeast), Janesville (13,6 km to the south), Madison Lake ( 11.7 km to the west ) and Cleveland ( 24.7 km north west ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (113 km north- north-east ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (118 km in the same direction), Rochester (117 km east-southeast ), Cedar Rapids, Iowa (360 km south-east ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (324 km south ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 523 km southwest ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( 301 km west-southwest ) and Fargo, North Dakota (472 km north-west ).

Traffic

The Minnesota State Route 60 runs in east-west direction as the main road through Elysian. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

With the Mankato Regional Airport is located 25.9 km north a small airfield. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (108 km north-northeast ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Elysian 652 people in 273 households. The population density was 208.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 273 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.5 percent African American and 0.2 percent (one person) Asians; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 53,750. The per capita income was $ 29,143. 0.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.