Minnesota · Census place 2738564

Luverne, Minnesota

Luverne is a city in Rock County, Minnesota with an estimated 4,941 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 157th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,941
#157 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+9 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
Density
1,346 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Luverne. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

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Luverne population, 2020 to 2024

Luverne added 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

4,93220204,93620214,88220224,93620234,9412024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,940. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Luverne covers 3.67 square miles of land, for 1,346 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Luverne is less dense than the typical town.

What county Luverne is in

All of Luverne's residents live in Rock County, which had 9,525 residents in 2024. Luverne holds 51.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Luverne

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Luverne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56156. 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 Luverne is

The Census internal point of Luverne is at 43.653500, -96.214200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 178.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brandon, SD (10,837 people), 19.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 27.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.653500, -96.214200
DMS
43°39'12.60"N 96°12'51.12"W
UTM
14N 724649.1E 4837160.5N
Geohash
9zg86dfun
Plus code
86M5MQ3P+C8

Daylight in Luverne

At 43.65° N, Luverne gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Luverne

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Adrian, 14.1 miles away, with 1,198 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Luverne, MN?

4,941 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 9 (0.2%) from 4,932 in July 2020.

What county is Luverne in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Luverne?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56156.

How far is Luverne from Saint Paul?

178.2 miles (286.8 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Luverne.

What is the nearest larger city to Luverne?

Brandon, SD, with 10,837 residents, 19.0 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.