With 49,779 people, Winona County is a county in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of US counties for household income. 3% of people here were born outside the United States. Getting to work takes 18 minutes on average. The typical home is worth $235,400, having more than doubled since 2000. That trails the Minnesota median by roughly 21%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $70,744, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.4
US median: 38.9
Average education
33% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 34%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Winona County
What changed most since 1990
White share97.6% → 88.9%(−8.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.7% → 3.9%(+3.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
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)15.5%(367)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20.1%(475)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.9%(944)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.9%(187)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.6%(14)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,364 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
Winona County, decade by decade
Winona County 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
47,828
$62,251
$131,044
19.7%
5.8
2000
49,985
$70,498
$175,608
23.2%
11.9
2010
51,461
$63,609
$229,020
25.1%
16.8
2020
49,671
$72,747
$209,925
31.3%
25.8
2024
49,779
$70,744
$235,400
32.7%
25.9
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.
