Evan vs Sleepy Eye

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

Evan 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 78 in Evan). Sleepy Eye has the higher median household income ($64,811 vs $47,500 in Evan). Sleepy Eye has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $54,000 in Evan).

Population, income & housing

	Evan	Sleepy Eye
Population	78	3,438
Median age	52.5 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$64,811
Median home value	$54,000	$138,500
Median gross rent	—	$757
Housing units	42	1,654
Homeownership rate	94.1%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evan	Sleepy Eye
Population	77 → 78 (+1.3%)	3,401 → 3,438 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$36,563 → $47,500 (+29.9%)	$52,328 → $64,811 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$44,200 → $54,000 (+22.2%)	$119,000 → $138,500 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$580 → $757 (+30.5%)

Evan

Population

7778

Median household income

$36,563$47,500

Median home value

$44,200$54,000

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)

	Evan	Sleepy Eye
Under 5	9.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	2.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	24.4%	13.2%
75 and over	6.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evan	Sleepy Eye
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evan	Sleepy Eye
No high school diploma	26.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evan	Sleepy Eye
Drove alone	68.6%	87.0%
Carpooled	25.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evan	Sleepy Eye
1-unit, detached	95.2%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Evan	Sleepy Eye
Poverty rate	14.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1938	1958