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Dawson city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Dawson city is a Census city of 1,513 people across 1.44 square miles of land, in Lac qui Parle County. Median household income is $68,929, 75.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Dawson
What Dawson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.44 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,052
- County holding the largest share of its areaLac qui Parle 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.
Dawson
How many people live in Dawson
- Population1,513
- Median age44.5
- Population under 18294
- Share under 1819.4 percent
- Population 65 and over405
- Share 65 and over26.8 percent
- Households662
- Family households365
- Share of households that are families55.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dawson
Income and work in Dawson
- Median household income$68,929
- Per capita income$38,540
- Civilian labor force800
- Employed780
- Unemployed20 plus or minus 18
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over1,070
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dawson
Housing in Dawson
- Housing units724
- Occupied units662
- Vacant units62 plus or minus 38
- Vacancy rate8.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Owner occupied502
- Renter occupied160 plus or minus 46
- Ownership rate75.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$137,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$586
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.2 percent
- Single family units581
- Share single family80.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more138 plus or minus 52
- Share in buildings of two or more19.1 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes5 plus or minus 6
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dawson
How Dawson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute736
- Commuting under 15 minutes450 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting under 15 minutes61.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more67 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more9.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Drove alone77.5 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked8.9 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Worked from home4.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dawson
SBA 504 lending to Dawson borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$677,000
- Average approval$338,500
- Median approval$578,000
- Largest approval$578,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lac qui Parle County, not Dawson
Lac qui Parle County context, not Dawson figures
These are Lac qui Parle County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dawson measurements.
- Establishments in Lac qui Parle County197
- Employment at those establishments, Lac qui Parle County1,712
- Covered employment, Lac qui Parle County2,185
- Average annual pay, Lac qui Parle County$47,748
- Average weekly wage, Lac qui Parle County$918
- Housing units permitted, Lac qui Parle County3
- Of those, single family, Lac qui Parle County3
- County product, 2024, Lac qui Parle County$434,989,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lac qui Parle County-2.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lac qui Parle County$48,104
Every figure in this section is published for Lac qui Parle County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dawson. 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
Dawson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dawson, Minnesota?
1,513, in 662 households. Dawson city covers 1.44 square miles of land, which is 1,052 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dawson in?
Lac qui Parle 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 Dawson?
$68,929. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $137,500. Median gross rent is $586 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 Dawson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lac qui Parle 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 Dawson.
Is zoning published for Dawson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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