Wahnena is an unorganized territory located in Cass County,

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, United States. The

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was 169 as of the 2020 Decennial census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area. Wahnena was named for an

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chief.

Geography

According to the

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, the unorganized territory has a total area of , of which is land and (2.30%) is water.

Demographics

Population and people

As of 2022 Decennial Census, there were 169 people and 67

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residing in the unorganized territory. The

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hence was . The racial makeup was 88.76% (150 people)

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, 5.92% (10 people) Native American Indian and Alaskan, 0.59% (1 person)

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and 5.33% (9 people) from two or more races. The current population residing in the unorganized territory had 37.5% German

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, 19.4% Polish

, 17.4% Norwegian

and 11.1% Irish

. In the unorganized territory, the population varied with age, with 22.9% under the age of 18; 7.6% were 65 years of age or older (as of 2022 Decennial Census); 5.9% from 18 to 24; 19.4% from 25 to 44; and 28.4% from 45 to 64. However, there was no one over 85 years. For every 100 females; there were 184.78 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 328.6 males (as of 2022 ACS 5-Year Estimates Subject Tables). The

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was 40.5 years.

Households and families

There were 67

as of 2022, 43.3% were

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living together, 41.8% had a male householder with no

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present, 7.5% had a female householder with no

present, and 23.8% were never-married. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.03.

Housing

As of 2022 Decennial Census, there were 89

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, out of which, 62 were occupied and 27 were vacant. Hence housing units are at an average density of . As of 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, all of the occupied units' paying rent was between $1000 to $1499. The median gross paying rent was unknown, although it was $874 in Cass County, Minnesota alone.

Homeownership Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they live. The home can be a house, such as a single-family house, an apartment, c ...

rate may have been around 92.5%. 27.4% houses valued at $50,000 to $99,999; 38.7% valued at $100,000 to $149,999; 17.7% valued at $200,000 to $299,999; 16.1% valued at $300,000 to $499,999. 29 housing units were owned by married couples. No householder had moved in during 2021 or later. 6% units had one bedroom only, 86.6% units had two or three bedrooms, and 7.5% units had 4 or more bedrooms.

Income and Employment

As of 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the

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for a

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in the unorganized territory was $70,694, the

for a family was $66,875, the

for a married-couple family was $66,875, and the

for a non-family household was $88,750. The

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was $25,895. 3.8% of all people were below the

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, or 5.5% of people between age 18 to 64 years, not above or below that. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $21,875 for females. As of 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 42.7% of workers are employed in private companies; 14.6% are local, state and federal government workers; and 42.7% are self-employed, in own not incorporated business and unpaid family workers. Average travel time to work is 33.7 minutes. 65.9 percent of workers drive alone to work, and 34.1% workers work from home. The

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in the unorganized territory is 81.2%. Mean usual hours worked for males is 38.4, compared to the 33.9 hours for females. 24.5% of people from 16 years of age and above work in the agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting and mining industry; 13.4% work in construction; 9.8% work in manufacturing; 6.1% in wholesale trade; 7.3% in transportation, warehousing and utilities; 12.2% in real-estate, fiance, insurance, rental and leasing; 6.1% in professional, scientific, management, administrative and waste management services; 9.8% in education, healthcare and social assistance; 6.1% in arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services; 4.9% in public administration. 20 people work in management, business, science and arts occupation; 10 work in service occupations; 21 work in sales and office occupations; and 31 work in natural resources, construction and maintenance occupation.

Education

As of 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 11% attained a

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or higher in the unorganized territory, school enrollment was around 83.3%. 16.7% of children over 3 years of age studied in

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and 83.3% studied from kindergarten to 12th grade.

Health

As of 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, nobody was

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. The total fertility is 19. Everybody has a healthcare coverage in the unorganized territory.

References

{{authority control Populated places in Cass County, Minnesota Unorganized territories in Minnesota Brainerd, Minnesota micropolitan area