Amboy vs Good Thunder

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Good Thunder: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amboy has the higher population (553 vs 423 in Good Thunder). Amboy has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $71,818 in Good Thunder). Good Thunder has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $125,300 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Good Thunder
Population	553	423
Median age	45.5 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,214	$71,818
Median home value	$125,300	$169,900
Median gross rent	$760	—
Housing units	259	253
Homeownership rate	84.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Good Thunder
Population	651 → 553 (-15.1%)	564 → 423 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $78,214 (+54.5%)	$56,964 → $71,818 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $125,300 (+33.0%)	$117,200 → $169,900 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $760 (+27.7%)	$566 → $592 (+4.6%)

Amboy

Population

651553

Median household income

$50,625$78,214

Median home value

$94,200$125,300

Median gross rent

$595$760

Good Thunder

Population

564423

Median household income

$56,964$71,818

Median home value

$117,200$169,900

Median gross rent

$566$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Good Thunder
Under 5	5.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	24.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.9%
75 and over	13.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Good Thunder
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Good Thunder
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	31.5%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Good Thunder
Drove alone	89.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	1.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Good Thunder
1-unit, detached	86.1%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Good Thunder
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.27	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1950