Moving to Austin, Minnesota

About Austin, Minnesota
Austin

Austin is a city in, and the county seat of, Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 26,174 at the 2020 census. The town was originally settled along the Cedar River and has two artificial lakes, East Side Lake and Mill Pond. It was named for Austin R. Nichols, the area's first European settler.

Hormel Foods Corporation is Austin's largest employer, and the city is sometimes called "SPAM Town USA". Austin is home to Hormel's corporate headquarters, a factory that makes most of North America's SPAM tinned meat, and the Spam Museum. Austin is also home to the Hormel Institute, a leading cancer research institution operated by the University of Minnesota with significant support from the Mayo Clinic.

In 2015 Austin was named one of the "Top 10 Affordable Small Towns Where You'd Actually Want to Live" and one of the "Best Small Cities in America".

Gender
Gender Austin Minnesota Country
Female 49.9% 50.2% 50.8%
Male 50.1% 49.8% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Austin Minnesota Country
Less than $10,000 4.5% 4.1% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 6.2% 3.4% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 13.5% 7% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.6% 7.5% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 15.4% 11.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 16.9% 17.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 14.1% 14.1% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 11.2% 18.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 3.9% 8.2% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 2.7% 8.5% 8.3%
Education


Education Austin Minnesota Country
< 9th Grade 6% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 8% 4% 7.0%
High School or GED 32% 24% 27.0%
Other College 20% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 10% 12% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 15% 24% 20.0%
Master's Degree 6% 9% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Austin Minnesota Country
White 68.7% 79% 60.1%
African American 5.6% 6.3% 12.2%
American Indian 0.2% 0.9% 0.6%
Asian 6.7% 4.9% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.2% 0% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.7% 3.1% 2.8%
Hispanic 16.8% 5.5% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity