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Ottertail, MN map Population (year 2000): 451. Estimated population in July 2006: 528 (+17.1% change)
 

Males: 242  (53.7%)
Females: 209  (46.3%)

Otter Tail County

Median resident age:  43.2 years
Minnesota median age:  35.4 years

Zip codes: 56571.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $34,600 (it was $32,188 in 2000)
Ottertail  $34,600
Minnesota:  $52,024

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $121,200 (it was $90,000 in 2000)
Ottertail  $121,200
Minnesota:  $198,800

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Races in Ottertail:

  • White Non-Hispanic (99.6%)

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Ancestries: German (45.7%), Norwegian (27.5%), Swedish (12.4%), Irish (8.9%), English (6.4%), Polish (4.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1350 feet

Land area: 4.39 square miles.

Population density: 117 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Ottertail

  • High school or higher: 86.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
  • Unemployed: 7.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Ottertail city

  • Never married: 26.8%
  • Now married: 58.0%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 5.5%
  • Divorced: 9.7%

0 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.0%
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:

Ottertail:  0.8% ($683)
Minnesota:  1.1% ($1,297)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Fargo, ND (90.9 miles , pop. 90,599).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Minneapolis, MN (187.3 miles , pop. 382,618).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (627.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Richville, MN (7.2 miles) , Henning, MN (10.9 miles ), Clitherall, MN (11.1 miles) , Vining, MN (11.2 miles) , Perham, MN (12.0 miles ), Dent, MN (13.9 miles) , Battle Lake, MN (13.9 miles ), New York Mills, MN (14.9 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 4 buildings, average cost: $99,000
  • 1997: 6 buildings, average cost: $56,700
  • 1998: 6 buildings, average cost: $93,300
  • 1999: 7 buildings, average cost: $168,600
  • 2000: 10 buildings, average cost: $82,500
  • 2001: 4 buildings, average cost: $81,300
  • 2002: 12 buildings, average cost: $154,200
  • 2003: 13 buildings, average cost: $154,200
  • 2004: 15 buildings, average cost: $200,000
  • 2005: 12 buildings, average cost: $111,700
  • 2006: 10 buildings, average cost: $111,700

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Latitude: 46.42 N, Longitude: 95.57 W


Area code: 218

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Population change in the 1990s: +138 (+44.1%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (18%)
  • Construction (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
  • Food (6%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Educational services (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (24%)
  • Health care (16%)
  • Food and beverage stores (11%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)
  • Educational services (4%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (11%)
  • Accountants and auditors (7%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)


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Ottertail-area historical tornado activity is below Minnesota state average. It is 29% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/20/1957, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 55.2 miles away from the Ottertail city center killed 10 people and injured 103 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 6/13/2001, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 23.8 miles away from the city center injured 3 people and caused $5 million in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Ottertail:
  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; PERHAM, MN)
  • ST MARYS REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (about 34 miles; DETROIT LAKES, MN)
  • TRI COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 35 miles; WADENA, MN)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ottertail:
  • BEMIDJI-BELTRAMI COUNTY (about 87 miles; BEMIDJI, MN; ID: BJI)
  • HECTOR INTL (about 92 miles; FARGO, ND; ID: FAR)
  • BRAINERD LAKES RGNL (about 100 miles; BRAINERD, MN; ID: BRD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ottertail:
  • HENNING MUNI (about 13 miles; HENNING, MN; ID: 05Y)
  • PERHAM MUNI (about 13 miles; PERHAM, MN; ID: 16D)
  • NEW YORK MILLS MUNI (about 17 miles; NEW YORK MILLS, MN; ID: 25Y)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ottertail:
  • MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MOORHEAD (about 73 miles; MOORHEAD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 6,400)
  • CONCORDIA COLLEGE AT MOORHEAD (about 73 miles; MOORHEAD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,771)
  • NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (about 73 miles; WAHPETON, ND; FT enrollment: 2,176)
  • NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI (about 89 miles; BEMIDJI, MN; FT enrollment: 3,761)
  • BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; BEMIDJI, MN; FT enrollment: 3,562)
  • RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 97 miles; WILLMAR, MN; FT enrollment: 2,711)
  • CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 98 miles; BRAINERD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,364)

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

OTTERTAIL BAKERY (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-02-2005), St Tech Assistance Visit (SEP-02-2005), St Compliance Meeting conducted (SEP-02-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-02-2005), St Boil Water Order (SEP-02-2005), St Formal NOV issued (SEP-02-2005), St Compliance achieved (SEP-06-2005)
WILD WALLEYE RESORT (Address: 46463 Wild Boys Shore Road, Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-06-2003), St Boil Water Order (AUG-06-2003), St Public Notif requested (AUG-06-2003), St Tech Assistance Visit (AUG-06-2003), St Compliance Meeting conducted (AUG-06-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-06-2003), St Compliance achieved (FEB-17-2004)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-1998 and DEC-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAY-18-1999)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Ottertail that have no violations reported:
  • RUSH LAKE TENT & TRAILER PARK (Population served: 90, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • SHADY GROVE RESORT, INC. (Population served: 80, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • RUSH LAKE RESORT (Population served: 36, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • WESTWOOD RESORT (Population served: 35, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH (Population served: 35, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • WIL-O-WOOD RESORT (Population served: 28, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • OTTERTAIL BALL PARK (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:  2.4 people
Minnesota:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  70.5%
Whole state:  66.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.7%
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 1999:
This city:  12.7%
Whole state:  7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  3.6%
Whole state:  3.2%

Ottertail compared to Minnesota state average:
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Ottertail (2007 data):
  • The First National Bank of Henning: The First National Bank Of Henning at Highways 78 And 108, branch established on 1903-08-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $81.0 mil, Deposits: $68.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: Henning Bancshares, Inc.



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other and Unallocable 0$0 2$6
Firefighters 0$0 3$50
Other Government Administration 0$0 5$900
Financial Administration 0$0 1$75
Totals for Government 0$0 11$1,031


Ottertail government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - All Other: $27,000
    Parks & Recreation: $1,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $90,000
    Regular Highways: $29,000
    Fire Protection: $23,000
    Solid Waste Management: $7,000
    Central Staff Services: $6,000
    Financial Administration: $5,000
    Parks & Recreation: $2,000
    Health Services - Other: $2,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $79,000
    Interest Earnings: $2,000
    Special Assessments: $2,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $40,000
    General - Other: $1,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $22,000
    All Other: $9,000
  • Tax - NEC: $9,000
    Property: $3,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $10,000

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:
from Cass County, ND  0.44% ($58,354 average AGI)
from Becker County, MN  0.38% ($30,963)
from Hennepin County, MN  0.35% ($75,182)


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:
to Cass County, ND  0.61% ($27,695 average AGI)
to Becker County, MN  0.50% ($32,925)
to Hennepin County, MN  0.39% ($29,274)


Strongest AM radio stations in Ottertail:
  • KPRM (870 AM; 25 kW; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: DE LA HUNT BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • KBRF (1250 AM; 10 kW; FERGUS FALLS, MN; Owner: RESULT RADIO, INC.)
  • WWNL (1080 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: STEEL CITY RADIO, INC.)
  • KJJK (1020 AM; 2 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)
  • KWAD (920 AM; 1 kW; WADENA, MN; Owner: KOMMERSTAD COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, LLC)
  • KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • 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)
  • KQWB (1660 AM; 10 kW; WEST FARGO, ND; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • KFNW (1200 AM; 10 kW; WEST FARGO, ND; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
  • KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))

Strongest FM radio stations in Ottertail:
  • KPRW (99.5 FM; PERHAM, MN; Owner: RESULT RADIO, INC.)
  • KRVI (95.1 FM; DETROIT LAKES, MN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KJJK-FM (96.5 FM; FERGUS FALLS, MN; Owner: RESULT RADIO, INC.)
  • KRCQ (102.3 FM; DETROIT LAKES, MN; Owner: DETROIT LAKES BROADCASTING COMPANY,)
  • K272CR (102.3 FM; NEW YORK MILLS, MN; Owner: RESULT RADIO, INC.)


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