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Population (year 2000): 359. Estimated
population in July 2005: 333 (-7.2% change)
Males: 172 (47.9%), Females: 187 (52.1%)
Blue Earth County
Zip code:
56090
Median resident age: 34.2 years
Median household income: $50,703 (year 2000)
Median house value: $64,400 (year 2000)
Races in Vernon Center:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.3%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
Ancestries: German (46.2%), English (7.0%),
Irish (5.8%), Norwegian (4.7%), Swedish (4.5%), Welsh (3.6%).
Elevation: 1030 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Vernon Center
- High school or higher: 87.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
- Unemployed: 5.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Vernon Center city
- Never married: 15.1%
- Now married: 69.1%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 8.1%
- Divorced: 7.0%
1.7% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +13 (+3.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Vernon Center:
- IMMANUEL-ST JOSEPHS-MAYO HEALTH SYSTEN (about 10
miles; MANKATO, MN)
- MADELIA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; MADELIA,
MN)
- UNITED HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 24 miles; BLUE
EARTH, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Vernon Center:
- MASON CITY MUNI (about 82 miles; MASON CITY, IA; ID:
MCW)
- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN/ (about 91
miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; ID: MSP)
- FORT DODGE REGIONAL (about 98 miles; FORT DODGE, IA;
ID: FOD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Vernon Center:
- MANKATO REGIONAL (about 25 miles; MANKATO, MN; ID:
MKT)
- ST JAMES MUNI (about 27 miles; ST JAMES, MN; ID: JYG)
- BLUE EARTH MUNI (about 27 miles; BLUE EARTH, MN; ID:
SBU)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Vernon Center:
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 18
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,186)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 18 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 29 miles; ST PETER,
MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- SAINT OLAF COLLEGE (about 78 miles; NORTHFIELD, MN;
FT enrollment: 2,968)
- NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 85 miles;
BLOOMINGTON, MN; FT enrollment: 4,636)
- NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 87 miles;
MASON CITY, IA; FT enrollment: 2,161)
- MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about
93 miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; FT enrollment: 3,857)
Private primary/middle school in Vernon Center:
- ST JOHN LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 68;
Location: R 1 BOX 58; Grades: KG - 8)
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