Clinton vs Ortonville

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

Clinton 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 308 in Clinton). Clinton has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $53,021 in Ortonville). Ortonville has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $71,800 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Ortonville
Population	308	1,968
Median age	53.9 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$53,021
Median home value	$71,800	$117,500
Median gross rent	—	$733
Housing units	223	1,051
Homeownership rate	77.8%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Ortonville
Population	394 → 308 (-21.8%)	1,984 → 1,968 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$44,464 → $63,750 (+43.4%)	$48,906 → $53,021 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$67,700 → $71,800 (+6.1%)	$88,100 → $117,500 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $843 (+16.3%)	$570 → $733 (+28.6%)

Clinton

Population

394308

Median household income

$44,464$63,750

Median home value

$67,700$71,800

Median gross rent

$725$843

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)

	Clinton	Ortonville
Under 5	4.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.3%
18 to 24	2.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	3.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	28.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.0%
75 and over	9.4%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Ortonville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Ortonville
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	49.0%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Ortonville
Drove alone	58.6%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	14.5%
Public transit	1.3%	3.2%
Walked	7.6%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.8%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Ortonville
1-unit, detached	75.3%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Ortonville
Poverty rate	13.0%	10.9%
Average household size	1.91	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	12
Median year structure built	1951	1952