East Grand Forks, MN real estate and demographic information

About East Grand Forks

East Grand Forks is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 8,560 people and four constituent neighborhoods, East Grand Forks is the 102nd largest community in Minnesota.

Unlike some cities, East Grand Forks isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in East Grand Forks are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Grand Forks is a city of sales and office workers, service providers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in East Grand Forks who work in office and administrative support (15.97%), sales jobs (11.75%) and management occupations (8.93%).

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, East Grand Forks has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes East Grand Forks a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of East Grand Forks spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.13 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Even though East Grand Forks is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

East Grand Forks Information and Demographics

The citizens of East Grand Forks are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.85% of adults in East Grand Forks having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in East Grand Forks in 2010 was $23,121, which is middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,484 for a family of four. However, East Grand Forks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call East Grand Forks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Grand Forks residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in East Grand Forks include Norwegian, German, Irish, Swedish, English and Polish.

The most common language spoken in East Grand Forks is English. Some people also speak Spanish.