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Population (year 2000): 759. Estimated
population in July 2005: 711 (-6.3% change)
Males: 357 (47.0%), Females: 402 (53.0%)
Swift County
Zip code:
56252
Median resident age: 37.9 years
Median household income: $32,375 (year 2000)
Median house value: $59,100 (year 2000)
Races in Kerkhoven:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.5%)
- Hispanic (4.7%)
- Other race (4.2%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (40.4%), Norwegian (35.3%),
Swedish (20.0%), Irish (5.3%), English (4.5%), United States
(3.6%).
Elevation: 1109 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kerkhoven
- High school or higher: 80.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
- Unemployed: 5.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kerkhoven city
- Never married: 18.1%
- Now married: 64.1%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 9.1%
- Divorced: 7.6%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +28 (+3.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Kerkhoven:
- RICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; WILLMAR, MN)
- WILLMAR REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTER (about 20 miles;
WILLMAR, MN)
- SWIFT COUNTY-BENSON HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
BENSON, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Kerkhoven:
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 91 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; ID:
STC)
- BRAINERD LAKES RGNL (about 116 miles; BRAINERD, MN;
ID: BRD)
- BROOKINGS MUNI (about 121 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; ID:
BKX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kerkhoven:
- MURDOCK MUNI (about 7 miles; MURDOCK, MN; ID: 23Y)
- WILLMAR MUNI-JOHN L RICE FIELD (about 18 miles;
WILLMAR, MN; ID: ILL)
- BENSON MUNI (about 25 miles; BENSON, MN; ID: BBB)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Kerkhoven:
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 20 miles; WILLMAR, MN;
Full-time enrollment: 2,711)
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; FT enrollment: 3,405)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 81 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 82 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 109 miles; ST
PETER, MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 113
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 113 miles;
BRAINERD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,364)
Public high school in Kerkhoven:
- KERKHOVEN SEC. (Students: 298; Location: 302
15TH ST. N.; Grades: 07 - 12)
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