Good Thunder vs Mapleton

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

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

Mapleton has the higher population (1,745 vs 423 in Good Thunder). Mapleton has the higher median household income ($82,031 vs $71,818 in Good Thunder). Mapleton has the higher median home value ($176,400 vs $169,900 in Good Thunder).

Population, income & housing

	Good Thunder	Mapleton
Population	423	1,745
Median age	53.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,818	$82,031
Median home value	$169,900	$176,400
Median gross rent	—	$772
Housing units	253	669
Homeownership rate	88.6%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Good Thunder	Mapleton
Population	564 → 423 (-25.0%)	1,716 → 1,745 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $71,818 (+26.1%)	$61,793 → $82,031 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $169,900 (+45.0%)	$124,300 → $176,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $592 (+4.6%)	$664 → $772 (+16.3%)

Good Thunder

Population

564423

Median household income

$56,964$71,818

Median home value

$117,200$169,900

Median gross rent

$566$592

Mapleton

Population

1,7161,745

Median household income

$61,793$82,031

Median home value

$124,300$176,400

Median gross rent

$664$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Good Thunder	Mapleton
Under 5	4.5%	9.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	21.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.6%
55 to 64	24.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.2%
75 and over	5.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Good Thunder	Mapleton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Good Thunder	Mapleton
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	38.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Good Thunder	Mapleton
Drove alone	80.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	7.3%
Other means	3.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Good Thunder	Mapleton
1-unit, detached	89.7%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Good Thunder	Mapleton
Poverty rate	8.5%	13.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1950	1956