Minnesota · Census place 2759314
Shafer, Minnesota
Shafer is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,203 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 332nd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,203
- #332 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +4.4%
- +51 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 947 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Shafer population, 2020 to 2024
Shafer added 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.4%. In the latest year it moved by +6.
Shafer covers 1.27 square miles of land, for 947 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Shafer is less dense than the typical town.
What county Shafer is in
All of Shafer's residents live in Chisago County, which had 59,105 residents in 2024. Shafer holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Shafer
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shafer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55074. 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 Shafer is
The Census internal point of Shafer is at 45.390000, -92.758300. Saint Paul, the capital, is 34.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lindstrom, MN (5,026 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 34.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.390000, -92.758300
- DMS
- 45°23'24.00"N 92°45'29.88"W
- UTM
- 15N 518920.0E 5026304.4N
- Geohash
- cbn41nzry
- Plus code
- 86Q996RR+2M
Daylight in Shafer
At 45.39° N, Shafer gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Shafer
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Lindstrom, 4.2 miles away, with 5,026 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Shafer, MN?
1,203 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 51 (4.4%) from 1,152 in July 2020.
What county is Shafer in?
Chisago County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Shafer?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55074.
How far is Shafer from Saint Paul?
34.4 miles (55.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Shafer.
What is the nearest larger city to Shafer?
Lindstrom, MN, with 5,026 residents, 4.2 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.
- 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.