Guide to Westbrook Minnesota

Westbrook (city)	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2000-2010 Change
Westbrook (city)	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	Actual	Percent
Population	990	978	853	755	739	-16	-2.12
Land Area (sq. mile)	0.80	0.79	0.77	0.77	0.77	0	0.00
Density (persons per sq. mile)	1,237.5	1,238.0	1,107.8	974.65	959.74	-14.91	-1.53
Housing Units	385	436	445	412	418	+6	+1.46
Households	--	413	400	367	345	-22	-5.99
Persons Per Household	--	2.27	2.01	2.06	2.14	+0.08	+3.88

Westbrook is a city in Cottonwood County, Minnesota. State Highway 30 serves as a main route in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.0 km²), all of it land. The elevation is 1,427 ft (435 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2000, there were 755 people, 367 households, and 209 families residing in the city. The population density was 974.7 people per square mile (378.6/km²). There were 412 housing units at an average density of 531.9/sq mi (206.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.01% White, 0.13% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.66% of the population.

There are 367 households out of which 18.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.8% were non-families. 39.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 28.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.74.

In the city the population was spread out with 20.5% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 17.7% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 35.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52 years. For every 100 females there were 79.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $24,063, and the median income for a family was $33,472. Males had a median income of $27,188 versus $18,056 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,919. 13.5% of the population and 8.5% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 28.6% of those under the age of 18 and 9.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

WESTBROOK, organized September 17, 1870, was named for the west branch of Highwater Creek, which flows across the southeast part of this township. The city of Westbrook, sections 29 and 30, was incorporated as a village on February 16, 1901, and platted June 8, 1900, by Interstate Land Co. The first building was a boardinghouse built by Sivert Noreem, who later built the Commercial Hotel. The general store of Ole A. Pederson became the site of the post office in 1888. An earlier post office, West Brook, 1873-87, with Frithsof Riis as postmaster, changed its name to Highwater until 1888, when the new post office organized at Westbrook. The village had a station of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad.

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