Welcome (Minnesota)

Martin County

27-69070

Welcome is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Martin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Welcome had 686 inhabitants.

Geography

Welcome is located in southern Minnesota at 43 ° 40'02 " north latitude and 94 ° 37'08 " west longitude. The site covers an area of 3.81 km ².

Neighbouring places of Welcome are Northrop (23 km northeast), Fairmont (13,9 km to the east), Ceylon (16,6 km south), Dunnell (23,3 km southwest), Sherburn (9,7 km to the west ) and Trimont ( 18.1 km to the northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (225 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (233 km in the same direction), Rochester (204 km east-northeast ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (320 km south-east ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 365 km SSW ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (178 miles west) and Fargo, North Dakota (460 km north- north-west ).

Traffic

Along the northern edge extends Interstate 90, is the longest interstate highway in the country. The Minnesota State Route 263 runs north -south direction as the main road through Welcome. All other roads within Welcome are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways or urban roads.

In the urban area of Welcome to make a railway branch line from the Canadian Pacific Railway today to belong former railway company I & M Rail Link and a range of Union Pacific Rail Road.

The Fairmont Municipal Airport is located 19.1 km east of Welcome has a regional airport. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (223 km northeast).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Welcome 686 people in 310 households. The population density was 180.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 310 households lived statistically 2.21 per person.

The racial passed the population with one exception only of whites. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 40,341. The per capita income was $ 18,182. 13.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.