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Blue Earth County

Population in July 2007: 570. Population change since 2000: -2.7%
 

Males: 276  (48.5%)
Females: 294  (51.5%)

Median resident age:  31.0 years
Minnesota median age:  35.4 years

Zip codes: 56037.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $53,120 (it was $42,500 in 2000)
Good Thunder:  $53,120
Minnesota:  $55,802

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $135,415 (it was $69,700 in 2000)
Good Thunder:  $135,415
Minnesota:  $213,600

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $144,623; Detached houses: $145,757; Townhouses or other attached units: $114,580; Mobile homes: $59,091
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Races in Good Thunder:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
  • American Indian (1.7%)
  • Two or more races (1.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Good Thunder: 76.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (58.8%), Irish (14.9%), Norwegian (10.3%), English (7.4%), Swedish (6.8%), United States (5.2%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 990 feet

Land area: 0.63 square miles.

Population density: 911 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

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For population 25 years and over in Good Thunder

  • High school or higher: 89.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.6%
  • Unemployed: 5.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 28.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Good Thunder city

  • Never married: 19.0%
  • Now married: 65.9%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 6.2%
  • Divorced: 9.0%

2 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.3%
Minnesota:  5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Good Thunder:  1.1% ($736)
Minnesota:  1.1% ($1,297)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Burnsville, MN (65.0 miles , pop. 60,220).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Minneapolis, MN (77.3 miles , pop. 382,618).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (356.4 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Vernon Center, MN (2.4 miles ), Mapleton, MN (2.8 miles ), Amboy, MN (3.0 miles ), Skyline, MN (3.1 miles ), Lake Crystal, MN (3.2 miles ), Mankato, MN (3.4 miles ), St. Clair, MN (3.4 miles ), North Mankato, MN (3.5 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 1 building, cost: $85,400
  • 1997: 1 building, cost: $85,400
  • 1998: 1 building, cost: $96,000
  • 1999: 1 building, cost: $101,700
  • 2000: 1 building, cost: $108,200
  • 2001: 2 buildings, average cost: $111,900
  • 2002: 2 buildings, average cost: $111,900
  • 2003: 2 buildings, average cost: $111,900
  • 2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $111,900
  • 2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $111,900
  • 2006: 2 buildings, average cost: $111,900
  • 2007: 1 building, cost: $111,900

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Latitude: 44.00 N, Longitude: 94.07 W

Area code: 507

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Population change in the 1990s: +22 (+3.9%).

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (19%)
  • Truck transportation (13%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Food (4%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Printing and related support activities (31%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Health care (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
  • Social assistance (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (20%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
  • Construction laborers (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Printing workers (12%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
  • Customer service representatives (6%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
  • Accountants and auditors (4%)



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Good Thunder-area historical tornado activity is significantly above Minnesota state average. It is 111% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/29/1998, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 20.9 miles away from the Good Thunder city center killed one person and injured 19 people and caused $75 million in damages.

On 4/30/1967, a category 4 tornado 30.4 miles away from the city center killed 6 people and injured 22 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Good Thunder:
  • IMMANUEL-ST JOSEPHS-MAYO HEALTH SYSTEN (about 4 miles; MANKATO, MN)
  • MADELIA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; MADELIA, MN)
  • SOUTHERN ST OPERATED SERVICES NETWORK (about 24 miles; SAINT PETER, MN)

Political contributions by individuals in Good Thunder, MN

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Good Thunder:
  • MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 12 miles; MANKATO, MN; Full-time enrollment: 11,210)
  • SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 15 miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
  • GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 24 miles; ST PETER, MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
  • SAINT OLAF COLLEGE (about 55 miles; NORTHFIELD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,968)
  • NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 69 miles; BLOOMINGTON, MN; FT enrollment: 4,636)
  • NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 74 miles; MASON CITY, IA; FT enrollment: 2,161)
  • BROWN INSTITUTE LTD (about 76 miles; MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN; FT enrollment: 2,171)
Public elementary/middle school in Good Thunder:
Private elementary/middle school in Good Thunder:
  • ST JOHN LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 56; Location: BOX 37; Grades: PK - 8)
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Notable locations in Good Thunder: Good Thunder Police Department (A), Good Thunder City Hall (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Good Thunder include: Saint Joseph's Catholic Church (A), Saint John Lutheran Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Lyra Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Good Thunder and their reported violations in the past:

GOOD THUNDER (Address: City Hall, Population served: 583, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-2002 and DEC-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Tech Assistance Visit (OCT-16-2002), St Public Notif requested (OCT-16-2002), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-16-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (OCT-16-2002), St Compliance achieved (OCT-23-2002), St Public Notif received (OCT-26-2002)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Tech Assistance Visit (OCT-27-2000), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-27-2000), St Public Notif requested (OCT-27-2000), St Compliance Meeting conducted (OCT-27-2000), St Compliance achieved (NOV-03-2000), St Public Notif received (NOV-06-2000)
REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH (Address: 17436 State Highway 22, Population served: 125, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Acute (TCR) - Between JAN-1997 and DEC-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Boil Water Order (AUG-26-1997), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-26-1997), St Public Notif requested (AUG-26-1997), St Tech Assistance Visit (AUG-26-1997), St Compliance Meeting conducted (AUG-26-1997), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-26-1997), St Compliance achieved (OCT-09-1997)

Average household size:
This city:  2.7 people
Minnesota:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  74.2%
Whole state:  66.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  6.0%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  13.0%
Whole state:  7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  4.7%
Whole state:  3.2%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Good Thunder, MN



Good Thunder compared to Minnesota 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.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Good Thunder (2009 data):
  • Minnstar Bank National Association: Good Thunder Branch at 400 Main, branch established on 1919-03-19. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $102.4 mil, Deposits: $82.8 mil, headquarters in Lake Crystal, MN, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Lake Crystal Bancorporation, Inc.



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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (69%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
  • Electricity (9%)


Religon statistics for Good Thunder

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaLutheran ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents35.3%27.4%14.8%5.4%4.6%
Congregations13.4%17.9%17.9%10.4%6.0%
NameWisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodUnited Church of ChristAmerican Baptist Churches in the USAChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsOther religions
Adherents2.1%2.1%1.5%1.0%5.8%
Congregations3.0%3.0%1.5%1.5%25.4%
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.


Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 0$0 1$254
Other Government Administration 0$0 2$2,167
Sewerage 0$0 3$729
Parks and Recreation 0$0 1$82
Water Supply 0$0 3$770
Totals for Government 0$0 10$4,002



Good Thunder government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $134,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $107,000
    All Other: $49,000
    Solid Waste Management: $27,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $33,000
  • Current Operations - Sewerage: $75,000
    Financial Administration: $68,000
    Police Protection: $56,000
    Fire Protection: $53,000
    Regular Highways: $46,000
    Water Utilities: $40,000
    Solid Waste Management: $26,000
    Parks & Recreation: $17,000
    Central Staff Services: $3,000
    General - Other: $2,000
  • Employee Retirement - Total Cash & Deposits: $293,000
    Interest Revenue: $26,000
    Benefit Payments: $24,000
    From Other Government: $7,000
    From Local Government: $5,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $97,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $40,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,619,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $1,587,000
    Water Utilities: $34,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $32,000
    Water Utilities: $6,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $59,000
    Special Assessments: $49,000
    Interest Earnings: $18,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $7,000
    Sewerage: $3,000
    General - Other: $1,000
    Parks & Recreation: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $969,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $48,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $159,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $152,000
    All Other: $11,000
  • Tax - Property: $156,000
    NEC: $2,000
    Public Utilities: $1,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $181,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $2,000

10.39% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,506 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  10.39%
Minnesota average:  7.79%

0.28% of residents moved from foreign countries ($236 average AGI)
Blue Earth County:  0.28%
Minnesota average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Nicollet County, MN  2.30% ($33,623 average AGI)
from Hennepin County, MN  0.59% ($30,457)
from Le Sueur County, MN  0.50% ($29,545)


9.78% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,895 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.78%
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:
to Nicollet County, MN  2.39% ($32,262 average AGI)
to Hennepin County, MN  1.07% ($25,894)
to Waseca County, MN  0.46% ($31,870)


Strongest AM radio stations in Good Thunder:
  • KTOE (1420 AM; 5 kW; MANKATO, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY BROADCASTING CO.)
  • KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
  • WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
  • KYSM (1230 AM; 1 kW; MANKATO, MN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
  • KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
  • KDHL (920 AM; 5 kW; FARIBAULT, MN; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
  • KOWZ (1170 AM; 3 kW; WASECA, MN; Owner: MAIN STREET BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WMNN (1330 AM; 10 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO.)
  • WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KNUJ (860 AM; 1 kW; NEW ULM, MN)

Strongest FM radio stations in Good Thunder:
  • KEEZ-FM (99.1 FM; MANKATO, MN; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF LUVERNE, INC.)
  • KXLP (93.1 FM; NEW ULM, MN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KYSM-FM (103.5 FM; MANKATO, MN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KGAC (90.5 FM; ST. PETER, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • KMSU (89.7 FM; MANKATO, MN; Owner: MANKATO STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KDOG (96.7 FM; NORTH MANKATO, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY BROADCASTING, CO.)
  • KNGA (91.5 FM; ST. PETER, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
  • KXAC (100.5 FM; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY BROADCASTING CO.)
  • K274AL (102.7 FM; MANKATO, MN; Owner: REFUGE MEDIA GROUP)
  • KJLY (104.5 FM; BLUE EARTH, MN; Owner: MINN-IOWA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING,INC)
  • KOWZ-FM (100.9 FM; BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN; Owner: BLOOMING PRAIRIE FARM RADIO INC.)
  • KBEW-FM (98.1 FM; BLUE EARTH, MN; Owner: KBEW, INC.)
  • KRRW (101.5 FM; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY BROADCASTING CO.)

TV broadcast stations around Good Thunder:
  • KEYC-TV (Channel 12; MANKATO, MN; Owner: UNITED COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • K30FN (Channel 30; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA)
  • K16CG (Channel 16; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K21DG (Channel 21; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K24CP (Channel 24; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K26CS (Channel 26; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K35DC (Channel 35; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K42AV (Channel 42; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K44AD (Channel 60; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K46AA (Channel 46; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K48AA (Channel 48; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K50AB (Channel 50; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K52AB (Channel 52; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K54AC (Channel 54; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)
  • K14KE (Channel 14; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA)
  • K19CA (Channel 19; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: UNITED COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • K40BU (Channel 40; ST. JAMES, MN; Owner: COOPERATIVE TV ASSN. OF SOUTHERN MN)


FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1
  • Jerri L Janjua, 54855 156th Street, Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.8 m
    Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150 Gasareg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Email:

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1
  • Ewing & Sherman Fire Hall, Call Sign: WSL599
    Assigned Frequencies : 154.295 MHz, 154.310 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/03/2004, Expiration Date: 11/14/2014
    Registrant: Alpha Wireless Communications Co, 1115 Cross St., North Mankato, MN 56003, Phone: (507) 625-6720, Fax: (507) 625-6725

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Good Thunder)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2
  • Aircraft: YOUNG JURCA MJ2 TEMPETE (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 67 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O-235-C1 (115 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 4DK , Serial Number: 83, Year manufactured: 1975, Airworthiness Date: 07/29/1977
    Registrant (Individual): Donald H Kerkhoff, 55940 Ivy Rd, Good Thunder, MN 56037
  • Aircraft: CESSNA 182A (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 119 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 4919D , Serial Number: 51019, Year manufactured: 1958, Airworthiness Date: 02/21/1958
    Registrant (Co-Owned): Mark A Dewitz, 54850 169th Ln, Good Thunder, MN 56037, Other Owners: Henry J Roelofs


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 15
  • Hazardous Condition: 12
  • Good Intent Call: 2

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