U.S. Cities - City-Data Homepage  
Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, Forum City-Data.com Homepage

Ada, Minnesota



Back to Ada, MN housing info, Norman County, Minnesota, MN smaller cities, MN small cities, All Cities.

We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures!

Ada, MN map Current weather forecast for Ada, MN

Population (year 2000): 1,657. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,521 (-8.2% change)
 

Males: 776  (46.8%)
Females: 881  (53.2%)

Norman County

Median resident age:  40.8 years
Minnesota median age:  35.4 years

Zip codes: 56510.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $31,800 (it was $29,583 in 2000)
Ada  $31,800
Minnesota:  $52,024

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $68,800 (it was $51,100 in 2000)
Ada  $68,800
Minnesota:  $198,800

Ada, MN residents, houses, and apartments details

Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition

Profiles of local businesses:
Outpost Drive In

Races in Ada:

  • White Non-Hispanic (95.2%)
  • Hispanic (2.8%)
  • American Indian (1.4%)
  • Two or more races (1.3%)
  • Other race (1.0%)

Ada, MN forum
Recent posts about Ada, Minnesota on our local forum with over 300,000 registered users:
blind okie looking to move to the twin cites  (5 replies)
Changes in Duluth  (32 replies)
Help us find our new hometown!  (2 replies)
Early snow this year.  (7 replies)

Latest news from Ada, MN collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: Norwegian (56.8%), German (38.6%), Swedish (7.3%), French (5.9%), English (3.6%), Irish (2.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated in 1884

Elevation: 907 feet

Land area: 1.34 square miles.

Population density: 1158 people per square mile 
 
 (low).




Home Value Estimate
Address:
Unit (optional):
City
State
Zip


Ada, Minnesota map

For population 25 years and over in Ada

  • High school or higher: 80.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.9%
  • Unemployed: 5.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 13.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Ada city

  • Never married: 17.5%
  • Now married: 59.6%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 15.0%
  • Divorced: 7.0%

31 residents are foreign born

This city:  1.9%
Minnesota:  5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Ada:  1.2% ($605)
Minnesota:  1.1% ($1,297)
Ada satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Fargo, ND (35.8 miles , pop. 90,599).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Minneapolis, MN (275.4 miles , pop. 382,618).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (714.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Borup, MN (8.2 miles) , Felton, MN (15.3 miles ), Beltrami, MN (16.8 miles) , Gary, MN (17.9 miles ), Twin Valley, MN (18.0 miles ), Hendrum, MN (20.4 miles ), Perley, MN (21.5 miles) , Halstad, MN (21.6 miles ).

Latitude: 47.30 N, Longitude: 96.52 W


12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Area code: 218

Ada household income distribution Ada home values distribution

This city's Wikipedia profile


Population change in the 1990s: -131 (-7.3%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (25%)
  • Educational services (19%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Health technologists and technicians (11%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Child care workers (5%)
  • Cashiers (4%)


Ada races chart

Average climate in Ada, Minnesota

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Ada, Minnesota average temperatures Ada, Minnesota average precipitation
 
Ada, Minnesota humidity
 
Ada, Minnesota wind speed
 
Ada, Minnesota snowfall
 
Ada, Minnesota sunshine
 
Ada, Minnesota clear and cloudy days
 

Back to the top

Ada-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Minnesota state average. It is 24% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/20/1957, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 35.6 miles away from the Ada city center killed 10 people and injured 103 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 6/28/1975, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 26.6 miles away from the city center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


Ada topographic map
Hospital/medical center in Ada:
  • BRIDGES MEDICAL SERVICES (201 9TH STREET WEST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Ada:
  • RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME (about 33 miles; CROOKSTON, MN)
  • HILLSBORO MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL (about 39 miles; HILLSBORO, ND)
  • INNOVIS HEALTH (about 39 miles; FARGO, ND)

Political contributions by individuals in Ada, MN

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ada:
  • HECTOR INTL (about 33 miles; FARGO, ND; ID: FAR)
  • THIEF RIVER FALLS REGIONAL (about 57 miles; THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN; ID: TVF)
  • GRAND FORKS INTL (about 63 miles; GRAND FORKS, ND; ID: GFK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ada:
  • NORMAN COUNTY ADA/TWIN VALLEY (about 9 miles; ADA/TWIN VALLEY, MN; ID: D00)
  • FERTILE MUNI (about 24 miles; FERTILE, MN; ID: D14)
  • HAWLEY MUNI (about 31 miles; HAWLEY, MN; ID: 04Y)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ada:
  • MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MOORHEAD (about 29 miles; MOORHEAD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 6,400)
  • CONCORDIA COLLEGE AT MOORHEAD (about 29 miles; MOORHEAD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,771)
  • NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 40 miles; FARGO, ND; FT enrollment: 8,836)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA-MAIN CAMPUS (about 58 miles; GRAND FORKS, ND; FT enrollment: 9,935)
  • NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (about 71 miles; WAHPETON, ND; FT enrollment: 2,176)
  • NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI (about 115 miles; BEMIDJI, MN; FT enrollment: 3,761)
  • BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 115 miles; BEMIDJI, MN; FT enrollment: 3,562)
Public high school in Ada:
Public elementary/middle schools in Ada:

Ada map

Click to draw/clear city borders

Hotel: Norman Motel (Highway 200 West).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Ada and their reported violations in the past:

ADA (Address: 404 West Main Street, Population served: 1657, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 2 minor monitoring violations
ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH (Address: 2948 - 240th Avenue, Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In APR-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (APR-07-2003), St Boil Water Order (APR-07-2003), St Public Notif requested (APR-07-2003), St Tech Assistance Visit (APR-07-2003), St Compliance Meeting conducted (APR-07-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-07-2003), St Compliance achieved (APR-11-2003)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Ada that have no violations reported:
  • RED POWER INTERNATIONAL (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • NORMAN COUNTY IMPLEMENT (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:  2.2 people
Minnesota:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  57.8%
Whole state:  66.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  2.7%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  13.7%
Whole state:  7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  2.6%
Whole state:  3.2%

Ada compared to Minnesota state average:

Ada, Minnesota environmental map by EPA

Map Legend

  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


Back to the top

Banks with branches in Ada (2007 data):
  • American Federal Bank: Ada Branch at 215 West Main, branch established on 1891-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $270.7 mil, Deposits: $236.5 mil, headquarters in Fargo, ND, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 14 total offices
  • Community Bank of the Red River Valley: Rural America Bank Branch at 410 Second Street West, branch established on 1881-03-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $278.2 mil, Deposits: $239.7 mil, headquarters in East Grand Forks, MN, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 10 total offices, Holding Company: Frandsen Financial Corporation
  • Bank of the West: Ada Branch at 412 East Main Street, branch established on 1914-10-22. Info updated 2006-12-18: Bank assets: $55,642.9 mil, Deposits: $37,436.4 mil, headquarters in San Francisco, CA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 671 total offices, Holding Company: Bnp Paribas



Educational Attainment




School Enrollment by Level of School



Ada travel time to work


Ada mode of transportation to work chart



2004 Presidential Election results in Norman County Minnesota:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:


Ada government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $469,000
  • Charges - Hospital Public: $6,193,000
    Sewerage: $130,000
    Solid Waste Management: $103,000
    Parks & Recreation: $67,000
    All Other: $34,000
    Regular Highways: $5,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $103,000
  • Current Operations - Own Hospitals: $7,621,000
    Electric Utilities: $1,147,000
    Liquor Stores: $446,000
    General - Other: $367,000
    Regular Highways: $267,000
    Parks & Recreation: $244,000
    Police Protection: $202,000
    Financial Administration: $139,000
    Solid Waste Management: $126,000
    Sewerage: $72,000
    Fire Protection: $59,000
    Central Staff Services: $58,000
    Libraries: $8,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $4,000
    Housing & Community Development: $1,000
  • Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $105,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $122,000
    Electric Utilities: $4,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $332,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Electric Utilities: $2,368,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $10,092,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $1,798,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $140,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $7,674,000
    Electric Utilities: $2,289,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $4,076,000
    Electric Utilities: $79,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $739,000
    Interest Earnings: $62,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Electric Utilities: $571,000
    Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $229,000
    Own Hospitals: $215,000
    Regular Highways: $93,000
    General - Other: $40,000
    Fire Protection: $37,000
    Parks & Recreation: $32,000
    Liquor Stores: $8,000
    Sewerage: $2,000
    Police Protection: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $17,594,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $1,241,000
    Liquor Stores: $410,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $18,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $635,000
    General Support: $618,000
  • Tax - Property: $328,000
    NEC: $9,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $5,058,000

5.14% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,496 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.14%
Minnesota average:  7.79%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Cass County, ND  1.05% ($33,536 average AGI)
from Clay County, MN  0.64% ($36,353)
from Polk County, MN  0.53% ($20,929)


8.10% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,915 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.10%
Minnesota average:  7.84%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Clay County, MN  2.18% ($26,833 average AGI)
to Cass County, ND  1.60% ($26,000)
to Becker County, MN  0.58% ($25,375)


Strongest AM radio stations in Ada:
  • WWNL (1080 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: STEEL CITY RADIO, INC.)
  • KQWB (1660 AM; 10 kW; WEST FARGO, ND; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • KFNW (1200 AM; 10 kW; WEST FARGO, ND; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
  • WDAY (970 AM; 5 kW; FARGO, ND; Owner: FORUM COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY)
  • KFGO (790 AM; 5 kW; FARGO, ND; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KVOX (1280 AM; 5 kW; MOORHEAD, MN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KPRM (870 AM; 25 kW; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: DE LA HUNT BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • KNOX (1310 AM; 5 kW; GRAND FORKS, ND; Owner: LEIGHTON ENTERPRISES, INC.)
  • KBRF (1250 AM; 10 kW; FERGUS FALLS, MN; Owner: RESULT RADIO, INC.)
  • KCNN (1590 AM; 5 kW; EAST GRAND FORKS, MN; Owner: KRAD, INC.)
  • KKCQ (1480 AM; 5 kW; FOSSTON, MN; Owner: PINE TO PRAIRIE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KXMR (710 AM; 50 kW; BISMARCK, ND; Owner: RADIO BISMARCK MANDAN, LLC)
  • WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Ada:
  • KRJB (106.3 FM; ADA, MN; Owner: R & J BROADCASTING)
  • KVOX-FM (99.9 FM; MOORHEAD, MN; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Ada:
  • KXJB-TV (Channel 4; VALLEY CITY, ND; Owner: CATAMOUNT BROADCASTING OF FARGO LLC)
  • KVRR (Channel 15; FARGO, ND; Owner: RED RIVER BROADCAST CO., LLC)

Back to Ada, MN housing info, Norman County, Minnesota, MN smaller cities, MN small cities, All Cities.

 

Back to the top




Recent home sales, price trends, and home value evaluator powered by On Board LLC
Copyright © 2008 On Board LLC. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
 
City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site.  Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2008 Advameg, Inc.