Comfrey vs New Ulm

A side-by-side comparison of Comfrey and New Ulm: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Ulm has the higher population (14,066 vs 297 in Comfrey). New Ulm has the higher median household income ($63,984 vs $60,750 in Comfrey). New Ulm has the higher median home value ($192,700 vs $93,300 in Comfrey).

Population, income & housing

	Comfrey	New Ulm
Population	297	14,066
Median age	42.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,750	$63,984
Median home value	$93,300	$192,700
Median gross rent	$625	$974
Housing units	178	6,306
Homeownership rate	82.5%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comfrey	New Ulm
Population	375 → 297 (-20.8%)	13,242 → 14,066 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $60,750 (+17.4%)	$61,597 → $63,984 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $93,300 (+13.8%)	$141,300 → $192,700 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $625 (+11.0%)	$643 → $974 (+51.5%)

Comfrey

Population

375297

Median household income

$51,750$60,750

Median home value

$82,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$563$625

New Ulm

Population

13,24214,066

Median household income

$61,597$63,984

Median home value

$141,300$192,700

Median gross rent

$643$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comfrey	New Ulm
Under 5	4.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.6%
75 and over	11.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comfrey	New Ulm
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comfrey	New Ulm
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	41.4%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comfrey	New Ulm
Drove alone	91.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	0.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	6.5%	4.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comfrey	New Ulm
1-unit, detached	90.4%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Comfrey	New Ulm
Poverty rate	11.1%	8.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	12
Median year structure built	1948	1965