Dawson City, Lac Qui Parle

2000

Demographic[1]
Total Population	1,539
Median Age	45.2
Male Population	719
Female Population	820
Ethnicity: White	1,512
Ethnicity: Black or African American	3
Ethnicity: Asian	5
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	8
Total Households	677

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
Percent Employed[3]	57.5%
Percent Unemployed[4]	1.3%

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	84.9%
Drove alone	77.2%
Carpooled	7.6%
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	1.7%
Walked	8.9%
Bicycle	0.6%
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	0.1%
Worked at home	3.9%
Worked in county of residence	569
Worked outside county of residence	143
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	12.2 mins

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Housing Units	756
Occupied Housing Units	89.6%
Vacant Housing Units	10.4%
For Rent	41.8%
Rented, not occupied	6.3%
For sale only	21.5%
Sold, not occupied	0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	8.9%
All other vacants	21.5%
Homeowner vacancy rate	3.2
Rental vacancy rate	16.6

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	12.6%
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	10.6%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	39.7%
Some college, no degree	19.0%
Associate’s degree	4.9%
Bachelor’s degree	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%
High school graduate or higher	76.8%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	13.3%

Land Values[8]
Total acres	277
Total estimated value	291,500
Estimated value per acre	1,052

Soils Data[9]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
617	330	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	949
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
354	332	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	949

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
3	0	0	0	61	0	14	75	140	656	949
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	949

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	125,413	743
Farm Non Homestead	199,998	2,366
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Residential Homestead	20,947,346	209,231
Residential Non Homestead	1,468,900	17,818
Apartments	1,137,295	20,107
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Commercial	2,963,054	71,884
Industrial	4,464,953	142,626
Utilities	227,764	7,224
Railroads	63,793	2,139
Other	0	0
Personal	1,330,385	41,642
Total	32,928,900	515,781

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

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