Fountain (Minnesota)
Fillmore County
27-22094
Fountain is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Fillmore County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Fountain had 410 inhabitants.
Geography
Fountain is located in southeastern Minnesota at 43 ° 44'24 " north latitude and 92 ° 08'11 " west longitude and extending over 2.15 km ².
Towns nearby are Fountain of Chatfield (14,8 km to the north), Lanesboro (14,4 km to the east), Preston ( 9.8 km south-east ), Wykoff (12,4 km southwest) and Fillmore (11,5 km to the west ).
The nearest major cities are Rochester (47 km north-west ) and La Crosse, Wisconsin ( 94.6 km to the east). The metropolitan area around the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is situated 188 km north-northwest.
Traffic
The U.S. Highway 30 leads in a north-south direction as the main road through the city of Fountain. In aüdwestliche direction of the Minnesota State route 80 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airports are the Rochester International Airport ( 50.1 km north west ) and the greater Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (179 km in the same direction).
In a disused railway line of the Milwaukee Road runs to the Bluff Headlands State Trail, a combined foot and bicycle path.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Fountain 410 people in 171 households. The population density was 190.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 171 households lived statistically 2.4 persons each.
The racial the population was made up of 98 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64, and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 43,125. The per capita income was $ 23,686. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.