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Empire city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Empire city is a Census city of 3,092 people across 30.53 square miles of land, in Dakota County. Median household income is $147,700, 94.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Empire
What Empire is
- Census place typecity
- Land area30.53 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land101
- County holding the largest share of its areaDakota 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.
Empire
How many people live in Empire
- Population3,092
- Median age37.3
- Population under 18883
- Share under 1828.6 percent
- Population 65 and over440 plus or minus 126
- Share 65 and over14.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households1,014
- Family households862
- Share of households that are families85.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Empire
Income and work in Empire
- Median household income$147,700
- Per capita income$51,680
- Civilian labor force1,732
- Employed1,723
- Unemployed9 plus or minus 15
- Unemployment rate0.5 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over2,037
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher37.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Empire
Housing in Empire
- Housing units1,030
- Occupied units1,014
- Vacant units16 plus or minus 25
- Vacancy rate1.6 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Owner occupied956
- Renter occupied58 plus or minus 30
- Ownership rate94.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$469,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,052
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.7 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Single family units1,011
- Share single family98.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more19 plus or minus 20
- Share in buildings of two or more1.8 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1997
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Empire
How Empire gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,368
- Commuting under 15 minutes293 plus or minus 89
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.4 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more666 plus or minus 133
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.7 percent
- Drove alone73.0 percent
- Carpooled5.2 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home20.1 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dakota County, not Empire
Dakota County context, not Empire figures
These are Dakota County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Empire measurements.
- Establishments in Dakota County10,964
- Employment at those establishments, Dakota County185,426
- Covered employment, Dakota County189,387
- Average annual pay, Dakota County$72,792
- Average weekly wage, Dakota County$1,400
- Housing units permitted, Dakota County2,146
- Of those, single family, Dakota County1,236
- County product, 2024, Dakota County$37,138,379,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dakota County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dakota County$70,009
Every figure in this section is published for Dakota County as a whole and is not a measurement of Empire. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Empire questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Empire, Minnesota?
3,092, in 1,014 households. Empire city covers 30.53 square miles of land, which is 101 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Empire in?
Dakota 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 Empire?
$147,700. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $469,500. Median gross rent is $2,052 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 Empire figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dakota 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 Empire.
Is zoning published for Empire?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.