Minkler first appeared as a
census designated place in the
2010 U.S. census. The whole population lived in households. There were 336 households, out of which 82 (24.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 186 (55.4%) were married-couple households, 27 (8.0%) were
cohabiting couple households, 64 (19.0%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 59 (17.6%) had a male householder with no partner present. 87 households (25.9%) were one person, and 63 (18.8%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.58. The age distribution was 159 people (18.3%) under the age of 18, 63 people (7.3%) aged 18 to 24, 153 people (17.6%) aged 25 to 44, 268 people (30.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 224 people (25.8%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 51.8years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. There were 373 housing units at an average density of , of which 336 (90.1%) were occupied. Of these, 259 (77.1%) were owner-occupied, and 77 (22.9%) were occupied by renters. ==Education==