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Population (year 2000): 540. Estimated
population in July 2005: 510 (-5.6% change)
Males: 261 (48.3%), Females: 279 (51.7%)
Faribault County
Zip code:
56051
Median resident age: 45.9 years
Median household income: $32,768 (year 2000)
Median house value: $32,800 (year 2000)
Races in Kiester:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
- Hispanic (1.9%)
- Other race (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (47.8%), Norwegian (46.5%),
Danish (5.9%), Dutch (4.8%), Polish (3.9%), Swedish (3.3%).
Elevation: 1250 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kiester
- High school or higher: 87.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kiester city
- Never married: 20.8%
- Now married: 62.3%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 9.1%
- Divorced: 7.1%
0.7% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -113 (-17.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Kiester:
- NAEVE HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; ALBERT LEA, MN)
- UNITED HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 28 miles; BLUE
EARTH, MN)
- HANCOCK COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 31 miles;
BRITT, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Kiester:
- MASON CITY MUNI (about 39 miles; MASON CITY, IA; ID:
MCW)
- FORT DODGE REGIONAL (about 76 miles; FORT DODGE, IA;
ID: FOD)
- ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL (about 89 miles; ROCHESTER,
MN; ID: RST)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kiester:
- WELLS MUNI (about 14 miles; WELLS, MN; ID: 68Y)
- LAKE MILLS MUNI (about 18 miles; LAKE MILLS, IA; ID:
0Y6)
- FOREST CITY MUNI (about 22 miles; FOREST CITY, IA;
ID: FXY)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Kiester:
- NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles;
MASON CITY, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,161)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 47 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 51
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 59 miles; ST PETER,
MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- SAINT OLAF COLLEGE (about 74 miles; NORTHFIELD, MN;
FT enrollment: 2,968)
- IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 79 miles; FT
DODGE, IA; FT enrollment: 2,807)
- NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 94 miles;
BLOOMINGTON, MN; FT enrollment: 4,636)
Public primary/middle school in Kiester:
- USC MID. (Students: 297; Location: 501 W
CENTER ST.; Grades: 05 - 08)
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