Comfrey vs Sleepy Eye

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

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

Sleepy Eye has the higher population (3,438 vs 297 in Comfrey). Sleepy Eye has the higher median household income ($64,811 vs $60,750 in Comfrey). Sleepy Eye has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $93,300 in Comfrey).

Population, income & housing

	Comfrey	Sleepy Eye
Population	297	3,438
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,750	$64,811
Median home value	$93,300	$138,500
Median gross rent	$625	$757
Housing units	178	1,654
Homeownership rate	82.5%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comfrey	Sleepy Eye
Population	375 → 297 (-20.8%)	3,401 → 3,438 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $60,750 (+17.4%)	$52,328 → $64,811 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $93,300 (+13.8%)	$119,000 → $138,500 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $625 (+11.0%)	$580 → $757 (+30.5%)

Comfrey

Population

375297

Median household income

$51,750$60,750

Median home value

$82,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$563$625

Sleepy Eye

Population

3,4013,438

Median household income

$52,328$64,811

Median home value

$119,000$138,500

Median gross rent

$580$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comfrey	Sleepy Eye
Under 5	4.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.2%
75 and over	11.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comfrey	Sleepy Eye
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comfrey	Sleepy Eye
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	41.4%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comfrey	Sleepy Eye
Drove alone	91.5%	87.0%
Carpooled	0.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	6.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comfrey	Sleepy Eye
1-unit, detached	90.4%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Comfrey	Sleepy Eye
Poverty rate	11.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1948	1958