Minnesota · Census place 2721536

Foley, Minnesota

Foley is a city in Benton County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,666 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 228th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,666
#228 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-24 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
1,037 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Foley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Foley population, 2020 to 2024

Foley lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

2,69020202,69520212,68020222,66420232,6662024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,697. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Foley covers 2.57 square miles of land, for 1,037 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Foley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Foley is in

All of Foley's residents live in Benton County, which had 41,881 residents in 2024. Foley holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Foley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Foley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56329. 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 Foley is

The Census internal point of Foley is at 45.663600, -93.909500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 62.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sauk Rapids, MN (13,832 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 57.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.663600, -93.909500
DMS
45°39'48.96"N 93°54'34.20"W
UTM
15N 429149.8E 5057074.5N
Geohash
cbj5z0c1y
Plus code
86Q8M37R+C6

Daylight in Foley

At 45.66° N, Foley gets about 15 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Foley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Sauk Rapids, 12.7 miles away, with 13,832 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Foley, MN?

2,666 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (0.9%) from 2,690 in July 2020.

What county is Foley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Foley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56329.

How far is Foley from Saint Paul?

62.7 miles (101.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Foley.

What is the nearest larger city to Foley?

Sauk Rapids, MN, with 13,832 residents, 12.7 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.