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Population (year 2000): 278. Estimated
population in July 2005: 256 (-7.9% change)
Males: 133 (47.8%), Females: 145 (52.2%)
Yellow Medicine County
Zip code:
56237
Median resident age: 40.0 years
Median household income: $27,656 (year 2000)
Median house value: $24,400 (year 2000)
Races in Echo:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.5%)
- American Indian (2.5%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
Ancestries: Norwegian (32.7%), German (31.3%),
Swedish (6.1%), Irish (4.3%), English (2.9%), Scottish (2.9%).
Elevation: 1080 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Echo
- High school or higher: 80.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.6%
- Unemployed: 6.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Echo city
- Never married: 21.1%
- Now married: 54.1%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 17.7%
- Divorced: 7.2%
5.4% Foreign born (1.8% Oceania, 1.4% Europe,
1.4% Asia, 0.7% Africa).
Population change in the 1990s: -26 (-8.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Echo:
- MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL & GRANITE MANOR (about 17 miles;
GRANITE FALLS, MN)
- REDWOOD AREA HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; REDWOOD
FALLS, MN)
- WEINER MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 28 miles;
MARSHALL, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Echo:
- BROOKINGS MUNI (about 100 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; ID:
BKX)
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 114 miles; ST CLOUD, MN;
ID: STC)
- JOE FOSS FIELD (about 117 miles; SIOUX FALLS, SD;
ID: FSD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Echo:
- GRANITE FALLS MUNI/LENZEN-ROE MEMORIAL FLD (about 14
miles; GRANITE FALLS, MN; ID: 1G2)
- REDWOOD FALLS MUNI (about 25 miles; REDWOOD FALLS,
MN; ID: RWF)
- TRACY MUNI (about 30 miles; TRACY, MN; ID: Y68)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Echo:
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,405)
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 43 miles; WILLMAR, MN; FT
enrollment: 2,711)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 97 miles;
BROOKINGS, SD; FT enrollment: 7,353)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 100
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 101 miles; ST
PETER, MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 104 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 105 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
Public primary/middle school in Echo:
- E.C.H.O. CHARTER SCHOOL (Students: 158;
Location: 101 ROCKET AVENUE, BOX 158; Grades: KG - 12)
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