Guide to Bluffton Minnesota

Bluffton (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

195

206

187

210

12.30

Land Area (sq. mile)

2.80

2.51

2.77

-0.00

-0.03

Density (persons per sq. mile)

69.64

82.07

67.51

75.84

8.33

12.33

Housing Units

-1

-1.28

Households

10.14

Persons Per Household

3.32

2.71

2.68

-0.03

-1.11

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.2 km²), all of it land. U.S. Route 10 serves as a main route in the community.

As of the census of 2000, there were 210 people, 76 households, and 56 families residing in the city. The population density was 75.8 people per square mile (29.3/km²). There were 77 housing units at an average density of 27.8/sq mi (10.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.05% White, and 0.95% from two or more races.

There were 76 households out of which 46.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.8% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the city the population was spread out with 33.3% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 14.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $33,958. Males had a median income of $28,125 versus $17,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,105. About 6.6% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.1% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

BLUFFTON Township, organized July 17, 1878, and the city in sections 28, 29, 32, and 33, platted in March 1880, incorporated as a village on February 26, 1903, and separated from the township on March 19, 1909, received this name in allusion to the high banks or bluffs of the Leaf River along its course in the south edge of this township. North Bluff Creek is tributary here to the Leaf River from the north, and South Bluff Creek from the south. The village began with a creamery, a sawmill, a gristmill, and a station of the Northern Pacific Railroad; the post office was established in 1878.

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Bluffton Hardware Inc 111 2nd Street Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-2701
Bluffton Oil Company 101 Prospect Street Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-2595
Bluffton Powerhouse & Liquors 106 Center Street Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-9703
Eric's Machinery Sales 61448 County Highway 76 Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 631-1930
Joanie's Beauty Salon 202 Center Street Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-2400
Leaf River Ag Service 401 Prospect Avenue Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-2559
Leaf River Service 110 Leaf River Road Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-4130
Sonrise Christian School 35305 585th Avenue Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-3774
St. John's Catholic Church 310 Main Street Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-2608
Tom's Body Shop 102 Main Street Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-2426
US Post Office 104 2nd Street Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-3365
Wadena State Bank 108 2nd Street Bluffton, MN 56518 Phone: (218) 385-2250

Bluffton Minnesota Community Guide