Minneapolis vs Niles

A side-by-side comparison of Minneapolis and Niles: population, income, housing, and more.

Minneapolis and Niles are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Minneapolis has the higher population (2,101 vs 120 in Niles). Minneapolis has the higher median household income ($65,694 vs $41,618 in Niles). Since 2019, Niles's population has grown faster (+150.0% vs +17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Minneapolis	Niles
Population	2,101	120
Median age	39.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,694	$41,618
Median home value	$133,100	—
Median gross rent	$592	—
Housing units	990	45
Homeownership rate	66.5%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minneapolis	Niles
Population	1,795 → 2,101 (+17.0%)	48 → 120 (+150.0%)
Median household income	$50,286 → $65,694 (+30.6%)	$51,667 → $41,618 (-19.4%)
Median home value	$91,000 → $133,100 (+46.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$612 → $592 (-3.3%)	—

Minneapolis

Population

1,7952,101

Median household income

$50,286$65,694

Median home value

$91,000$133,100

Median gross rent

$612$592

Niles

Population

48120

Median household income

$51,667$41,618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minneapolis	Niles
Under 5	5.1%	17.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	5.8%
35 to 44	18.4%	43.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	6.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	0.0%
75 and over	10.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minneapolis	Niles
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	35.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	29.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	35.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minneapolis	Niles
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minneapolis	Niles
Drove alone	80.5%	93.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minneapolis	Niles
1-unit, detached	77.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Minneapolis	Niles
Poverty rate	12.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1965	1938