Granite Falls City, Chippewa County

2000

Demographic[1]
1045	853
Median Age	39.8
Male Population	486
Female Population	559
Ethnicity: White	924
Ethnicity: Black or African American	2
Ethnicity: Asian	3
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	48
Total Households	464

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
Percent Employed[3]	66.4%
Percent Unemployed[4]	5.2%

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	87.7%
Drove alone	74.1%
Carpooled	13.6%
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	2.3%
Walked	1.3%
Bicycle	0
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	0.6%
Worked at home	8.2%
Worked in county of residence	132 (27.6%)
Worked outside county of residence	340 (71.1%)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	13.7 mins

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Housing Units	514
Occupied Housing Units	90.3%
Vacant Housing Units	9.7%
For Rent	54%
Rented, not occupied	0
For sale only	8%
Sold, not occupied	0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	2%
All other vacants	20%
Homeowner vacancy rate	1.4
Rental vacancy rate	13.4

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	6.7%
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	11.5%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	35.3%
Some college, no degree	24.6%
Associate’s degree	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%
High school graduate or higher	87.3%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	23.5%

Land Values[8]
Total acres	753
Total estimated value	1,090,400
Estimated value per acre	1,448

Soils Data[9]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
304	148	267	189	0	0	0	0	0	215	1,122
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
513	818	670	403	215	215	215	215	215	0	1,122

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
262	189	33	0	0	0	34	13	95	497	1,122
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,122

Wind and water erosion tables reflect the number of acres with the above listed tonnage of erosion per acre.

Crop production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed crop growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for farming.

Aspen production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed aspen growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for growing aspen trees or forests.

Property Taxes[10]
	Taxable Market Value	Local Net Tax Capacity
Farm Homestead	51,158	355
Farm Non Homestead	420,257	4,936
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Residential Homestead	13,046,469	140,340
Residential Non Homestead	1,176,080	14,585
Apartments	929,723	11,904
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Commercial	2,408,367	61,785
Industrial	0	0
Utilities	9,511,651	315,039
Railroads	36,293	852
Other	0	0
Personal	241,004	7,490
Total	27,821,000	557,287

[2] Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Local Employment Dynamics, All NAICS Sectors

[7] American Community Survey, population 25 years and over