Circle Pines vs Nowthen

A side-by-side comparison of Circle Pines and Nowthen: population, income, housing, and more.

Circle Pines and Nowthen are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Circle Pines has the higher population (4,980 vs 4,539 in Nowthen). Nowthen has the higher median household income ($134,491 vs $96,477 in Circle Pines). Nowthen has the higher median home value ($440,200 vs $277,300 in Circle Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Circle Pines	Nowthen
Population	4,980	4,539
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,477	$134,491
Median home value	$277,300	$440,200
Median gross rent	$1,337	—
Housing units	2,027	1,487
Homeownership rate	81.6%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Circle Pines	Nowthen
Population	4,950 → 4,980 (+0.6%)	4,682 → 4,539 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$83,224 → $96,477 (+15.9%)	$107,688 → $134,491 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$197,100 → $277,300 (+40.7%)	$329,600 → $440,200 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,308 → $1,337 (+2.2%)	$1,607 → $1,474 (-8.3%)

Circle Pines

Population

4,9504,980

Median household income

$83,224$96,477

Median home value

$197,100$277,300

Median gross rent

$1,308$1,337

Nowthen

Population

4,6824,539

Median household income

$107,688$134,491

Median home value

$329,600$440,200

Median gross rent

$1,607$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Circle Pines	Nowthen
Under 5	6.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	17.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	18.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.6%
75 and over	4.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Circle Pines	Nowthen
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	5.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Circle Pines	Nowthen
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	20.5%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Circle Pines	Nowthen
Drove alone	78.4%	66.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	3.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	16.3%
Other means	0.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Circle Pines	Nowthen
1-unit, detached	67.1%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	19.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.3%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Circle Pines	Nowthen
Poverty rate	4.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.48	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1982	1995