Minnesota · Census place 2715994

Dodge Center, Minnesota

Dodge Center is a city in Dodge County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,939 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 217th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,939
#217 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+3.2%
+90 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
1,220 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Dodge Center. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Dodge Center population, 2020 to 2024

Dodge Center added 90 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

2,84920202,84120212,83720222,93120232,9392024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,842. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dodge Center covers 2.41 square miles of land, for 1,220 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Dodge Center is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dodge Center is in

All of Dodge Center's residents live in Dodge County, which had 21,242 residents in 2024. Dodge Center holds 13.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dodge Center

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dodge Center by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55927. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Dodge Center is

The Census internal point of Dodge Center is at 44.028500, -92.852200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 65.2 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kasson, MN (7,207 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 18.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.028500, -92.852200
DMS
44°01'42.60"N 92°51'7.92"W
UTM
15N 511844.1E 4875048.9N
Geohash
9zvfrp5hd
Plus code
86P924HX+C4

Daylight in Dodge Center

At 44.03° N, Dodge Center gets about 15 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dodge Center

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Kasson, 5.2 miles away, with 7,207 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dodge Center, MN?

2,939 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 90 (3.2%) from 2,849 in July 2020.

What county is Dodge Center in?

Dodge County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Dodge Center?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55927.

How far is Dodge Center from Saint Paul?

65.2 miles (104.9 km) in a straight line, heading N from Dodge Center.

What is the nearest larger city to Dodge Center?

Kasson, MN, with 7,207 residents, 5.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.