People QuickFacts Lake Elmo Minnesota Population, 2012 estimate 8,106 5,379,139 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 8,069 5,303,925 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.5% 1.4% Population, 2010 8,069 5,303,925 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 4.7% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.1% 24.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.0% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 49.8% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 92.3% 85.3% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 5.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 1.1% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.3% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.9% 2.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 3.5% 4.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 90.3% 83.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 94.1% 85.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.6% 7.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 7.6% 10.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 95.6% 91.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 43.4% 31.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 380 385,675 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.1 22.6  Housing units, 2010 2,877 2,347,201 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 92.6% 73.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 1.2% 21.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $386,200 $201,400 Households, 2007-2011 2,887 2,094,265 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.76 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $44,403 $30,310 Median household income, 2007-2011 $105,739 $58,476 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 3.8% 11.0%     Business QuickFacts Lake Elmo Minnesota Total number of firms, 2007 S 496,657 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 107,563,060 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 82,878,056 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 58,703 71,384,103 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,810 $13,751 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,756 10,423,660     Geography QuickFacts Lake Elmo Minnesota Land area in square miles, 2010 22.25 79,626.74 Persons per square mile, 2010 362.7 66.6 FIPS Code 34244 27 Counties Washington County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts