Waseca, Minnesota

Waseca population, 2020 to 2024

Waseca lost 151 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -108. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 123rd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Waseca is 64% of it.

Waseca covers 4.30 square miles of land and 1.18 of water, for 2,109 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Waseca is denser than the typical town.

What county Waseca is in

All of Waseca's residents live in Waseca County, which had 18,684 residents in 2024. Waseca holds 48.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waseca

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waseca by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56093. 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 Waseca is

The Census internal point of Waseca is at 44.081500, -93.504000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 63.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Owatonna, MN (26,626 people), 13.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 51.1 miles away.

Daylight in Waseca

At 44.08° N, Waseca 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 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Waseca

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Waterville, 10.3 miles away, with 1,763 people.