Drinking water stations with addresses in Bluffton that have no violations reported:
- ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH (Population served: 300, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- WEST WIND ESTATES (Population served: 30, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.7 people | | Minnesota: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 73.7% | | Whole state: | 66.2% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 1.3% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 8.6% | | Whole state: | 7.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 0.0% | | Whole state: | 3.2% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Bluffton, MN
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Bluffton compared to Minnesota state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of rooms per house above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Bluffton (2009 data):
- Wadena State Bank: Bluffton Branch at Center Avenue And Second Street, branch established on 1979-10-22. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $129.2 mil, Deposits: $101.1 mil, headquarters in Wadena, MN, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Wadena Bankshares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Otter Tail County Minnesota:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (11%)
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Religon statistics for Bluffton
| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Catholic Church | Lutheran Church | United Methodist Church | Association of Free Lutheran Congregations-Number of Adherents |
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| Adherents | 44.3% | 20.3% | 18.0% | 4.0% | 2.3% |
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| Congregations | 31.7% | 11.4% | 17.1% | 8.1% | 761.0% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Baptist General Conference | United Church of Christ | Assemblies of God | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 4.9% |
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| Congregations | 2.4% | 3.3% | 4.1% | 3.3% | -742.3% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $505 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 17 | $51 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $250 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 23 | $806 |
Bluffton government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $19,000
All Other: $5,000
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $13,000
Fire Protection: $9,000
Regular Highways: $9,000
General - Other: $8,000
Parks & Recreation: $7,000
Financial Administration: $3,000
Central Staff Services: $2,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $3,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $60,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $56,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $4,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $12,000
Interest Earnings: $4,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $8,000
Regular Highways: $3,000
Health - Other: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $253,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $8,000
All Other: $5,000
- Tax - Property: $18,000
NEC: $2,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $13,000
7.13% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,241 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.13% | | Minnesota average: | 7.79% |
1.77% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,936 average AGI)| Otter Tail County: | 1.77% | | Minnesota average: | 0.12% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,415 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.82% | | Minnesota average: | 7.84% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Bluffton:
- KPRM (870 AM; 25 kW; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: DE LA HUNT BROADCASTING CORP.)
- KWAD (920 AM; 1 kW; WADENA, MN; Owner: KOMMERSTAD COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, LLC)
- KBRF (1250 AM; 10 kW; FERGUS FALLS, MN; Owner: RESULT RADIO, INC.)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WWNL (1080 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: STEEL CITY RADIO, INC.)
- WBHR (660 AM; 10 kW; SAUK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: HERBERT M. HOPPE)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WWWI (1270 AM; 5 kW; BAXTER, MN; Owner: TOWER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KLTF (960 AM; 5 kW; LITTLE FALLS, MN; Owner: KLTF/KFML, INC.)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- KLIZ (1380 AM; 5 kW; BRAINERD, MN; Owner: KOMMERSTAD COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY. LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Bluffton:
- KKWS (105.9 FM; WADENA, MN; Owner: KOMMERSTAD COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, LLC)
- KPRW (99.5 FM; PERHAM, MN; Owner: RESULT RADIO, INC.)
- KSKK (94.7 FM; STAPLES, MN; Owner: NORMIN BROADCASTING CO.)
- K272CR (102.3 FM; NEW YORK MILLS, MN; Owner: RESULT RADIO, INC.)
- KRVI (95.1 FM; DETROIT LAKES, MN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KDKK (97.5 FM; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: DELAHUNT BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KBPR (90.7 FM; BRAINERD, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO INC.)
- KXKK (92.5 FM; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: BERNADINE A. SCHUMACHER)
- K252BK (98.3 FM; WADENA, ETC., MN; Owner: MINNESOTA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS, IN)
TV broadcast stations around Bluffton:
- K17FE (Channel 17; WADENA, MN; Owner: HUBBARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- K63DX (Channel 63; WADENA, MN; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- K32FY (Channel 32; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: HUBBARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- K45AR (Channel 45; EAGLE BEND, MN; Owner: INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 790)
Bluffton fatal accident list:
Nov 12, 1986 11:27 AM, 10, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 5
Total length: 10 meters (33ft)
Total costs: $289,000
Total average daily traffic: 13,451
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,188
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