Austin is a city of 26,358 people in Minnesota. 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $163,900. Households here earn about 24% less than in Minnesota as a whole. There are 1,984 people per square mile. The average commute runs 18 minutes.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,057, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 32%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Austin
What changed most since 1990
White share98.0% → 61.9%(−36.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age38.8 → 36.2(−2.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Hispanic share0.6% → 18.7%(+18.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Austin's population equals 65% of Mower County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 94% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 46% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.3%(274)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.2%(187)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.9%(442)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.2%(113)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.3%(4)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,230 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Austin, decade by decade
Austin population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
21,907
$53,418
$102,483
15.2%
5.0
2000
23,314
$61,481
$124,237
16.9%
23.1
2010
24,718
$58,111
$137,959
16.7%
47.0
2020
26,174
$59,063
$138,294
22.8%
67.7
2024
26,358
$68,057
$163,900
23.6%
71.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
