Echo city, Yellow Medicine

2000

Demographic[1]
Total Population	278
Median Age	40
Male Population	133
Female Population	145
Ethnicity: White	271
Ethnicity: Black or African American	0
Ethnicity: Asian	0
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	3
Total Households	119

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
Percent Employed[3]	51.5%
Percent Unemployed[4]	3.4%

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	84.9%
Drove alone	79.2%
Carpooled	5.7%
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	0
Walked	11.3%
Bicycle	0%
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	1.9%
Worked at home	1.9%
Worked in county of residence	71
Worked outside county of residence	35
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	17.1 mins

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Housing Units	136
Occupied Housing Units	87.5%
Vacant Housing Units	1.5%
For Rent	29.4%
Rented, not occupied	0
For sale only	41.2%
Sold, not occupied	5.9%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	0
All other vacants	23.5%
Homeowner vacancy rate	6.7
Rental vacancy rate	19.2

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	8.8%
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	11.0%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	42.5%
Some college, no degree	13.8%
Associate’s degree	8.3%
Bachelor’s degree	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%
High school graduate or higher	80.1%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	15.5%

Land Values[8]
Total acres	467
Total estimated value	662,9000
Estimated value per acre	1,419

Soils Data[9]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
373	279	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	651
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
102	279	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	651

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	143	499	651
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	651

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	645,023	4,935
Farm Non Homestead	80,828	970
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Residential Homestead	2,461,466	24,721
Residential Non Homestead	94,123	1,228
Apartments	165,888	2,518
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Commercial	404,350	9,705
Industrial	362,218	10,747
Utilities	6,414	206
Railroads	0	0
Other	0	0
Personal	145,791	4,858
Total	4,366,100	59,888

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

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