Minnesota · Census place 2718530
Elgin, Minnesota
Elgin is a city in Wabasha County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,139 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 341st largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,139
- #341 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +2.2%
- +25 people
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1,225 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Elgin population, 2020 to 2024
Elgin added 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Elgin covers 0.93 square miles of land, for 1,225 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Elgin is less dense than the typical town.
What county Elgin is in
All of Elgin's residents live in Wabasha County, which had 21,574 residents in 2024. Elgin holds 5.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Elgin
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elgin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55932. 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 Elgin is
The Census internal point of Elgin is at 44.129200, -92.254400. Saint Paul, the capital, is 70.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plainview, MN (3,498 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 13.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.129200, -92.254400
- DMS
- 44°07'45.12"N 92°15'15.84"W
- UTM
- 15N 559648.0E 4886493.2N
- Geohash
- 9zy7h9qrh
- Plus code
- 86P94PHW+M6
Daylight in Elgin
At 44.13° N, Elgin gets about 15 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Elgin
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Plainview, 4.9 miles away, with 3,498 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Elgin, MN?
1,139 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 25 (2.2%) from 1,114 in July 2020.
What county is Elgin in?
Wabasha County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Elgin?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55932.
How far is Elgin from Saint Paul?
70.7 miles (113.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Elgin.
What is the nearest larger city to Elgin?
Plainview, MN, with 3,498 residents, 4.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.