Comfrey vs Searles

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

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

Comfrey has the higher population (297 vs 211 in Searles). Searles has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $60,750 in Comfrey). Searles has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $93,300 in Comfrey).

Population, income & housing

	Comfrey	Searles
Population	297	211
Median age	42.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,750	$79,375
Median home value	$93,300	$169,200
Median gross rent	$625	—
Housing units	178	89
Homeownership rate	82.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comfrey	Searles
Population	375 → 297 (-20.8%)	270 → 211 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $60,750 (+17.4%)	$82,917 → $79,375 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $93,300 (+13.8%)	$154,500 → $169,200 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $625 (+11.0%)	—

Comfrey

Population

375297

Median household income

$51,750$60,750

Median home value

$82,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$563$625

Searles

Population

270211

Median household income

$82,917$79,375

Median home value

$154,500$169,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comfrey	Searles
Under 5	4.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	17.1%
75 and over	11.4%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comfrey	Searles
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comfrey	Searles
No high school diploma	4.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.4%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comfrey	Searles
Drove alone	91.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	0.7%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comfrey	Searles
1-unit, detached	90.4%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Comfrey	Searles
Poverty rate	11.1%	1.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1948	1966