Beardsley vs Ortonville

A side-by-side comparison of Beardsley and Ortonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ortonville has the higher population (1,968 vs 226 in Beardsley). Beardsley has the higher median household income ($67,857 vs $53,021 in Ortonville). Ortonville has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $74,500 in Beardsley).

Population, income & housing

	Beardsley	Ortonville
Population	226	1,968
Median age	39.1 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,857	$53,021
Median home value	$74,500	$117,500
Median gross rent	$533	$733
Housing units	123	1,051
Homeownership rate	82.0%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beardsley	Ortonville
Population	181 → 226 (+24.9%)	1,984 → 1,968 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$44,500 → $67,857 (+52.5%)	$48,906 → $53,021 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $74,500 (+49.0%)	$88,100 → $117,500 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $533 (-14.7%)	$570 → $733 (+28.6%)

Beardsley

Population

181226

Median household income

$44,500$67,857

Median home value

$50,000$74,500

Median gross rent

$625$533

Ortonville

Population

1,9841,968

Median household income

$48,906$53,021

Median home value

$88,100$117,500

Median gross rent

$570$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beardsley	Ortonville
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	20.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.0%
75 and over	6.2%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beardsley	Ortonville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beardsley	Ortonville
No high school diploma	1.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	32.0%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	53.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beardsley	Ortonville
Drove alone	80.3%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	1.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beardsley	Ortonville
1-unit, detached	85.4%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Beardsley	Ortonville
Poverty rate	11.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	27	12
Median year structure built	1948	1952