HomeMinnesotaCottonwood CountyWindom city
Windom city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Windom city is a Census city of 4,799 people across 4.10 square miles of land, in Cottonwood County. Median household income is $74,899, 68.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
60 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Windom
What Windom is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.1 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,172
- County holding the largest share of its areaCottonwood County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Windom
How many people live in Windom
- Population4,799
- Median age38.9
- Population under 181,136
- Share under 1823.7 percent
- Population 65 and over1,101
- Share 65 and over22.9 percent
- Households1,955
- Family households1,192
- Share of households that are families61.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Windom
Income and work in Windom
- Median household income$74,899
- Per capita income$37,541
- Civilian labor force2,446
- Employed2,375
- Unemployed71 plus or minus 50
- Unemployment rate2.9 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over3,271
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.7 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Windom
Housing in Windom
- Housing units2,275
- Occupied units1,955
- Vacant units320 plus or minus 108
- Vacancy rate14.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Owner occupied1,340
- Renter occupied615
- Ownership rate68.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$169,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$806
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.9 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Single family units1,812
- Share single family79.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more447 plus or minus 137
- Share in buildings of two or more19.6 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes16 plus or minus 21
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Windom
How Windom gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,095
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,639
- Share commuting under 15 minutes78.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more219 plus or minus 91
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more10.5 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Drove alone69.0 percent
- Carpooled15.3 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home7.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Windom
SBA loans in Windom (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$145,000
- Average approval$145,000
- Median approval$145,000
- Largest approval$145,000
- Jobs supported10
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cottonwood County, not Windom
Cottonwood County context, not Windom figures
These are Cottonwood County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Windom measurements.
- Establishments in Cottonwood County325
- Employment at those establishments, Cottonwood County5,046
- Covered employment, Cottonwood County4,847
- Average annual pay, Cottonwood County$49,092
- Average weekly wage, Cottonwood County$944
- Housing units permitted, Cottonwood County8
- Of those, single family, Cottonwood County8
- County product, 2024, Cottonwood County$865,084,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cottonwood County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cottonwood County$45,638
Every figure in this section is published for Cottonwood County as a whole and is not a measurement of Windom. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Windom questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Windom, Minnesota?
4,799, in 1,955 households. Windom city covers 4.10 square miles of land, which is 1,172 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Windom in?
Cottonwood County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Windom?
$74,899. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $169,700. Median gross rent is $806 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Windom figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cottonwood County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Windom.
Is zoning published for Windom?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
Nearby