New Ulm vs Searles

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

New Ulm and Searles 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 211 in Searles). Searles has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $63,984 in New Ulm). New Ulm has the higher median home value ($192,700 vs $169,200 in Searles).

Population, income & housing

	New Ulm	Searles
Population	14,066	211
Median age	40.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,984	$79,375
Median home value	$192,700	$169,200
Median gross rent	$974	—
Housing units	6,306	89
Homeownership rate	74.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Ulm	Searles
Population	13,242 → 14,066 (+6.2%)	270 → 211 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$61,597 → $63,984 (+3.9%)	$82,917 → $79,375 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $192,700 (+36.4%)	$154,500 → $169,200 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $974 (+51.5%)	—

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

Searles

Population

270211

Median household income

$82,917$79,375

Median home value

$154,500$169,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Ulm	Searles
Under 5	4.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	17.1%
75 and over	10.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Ulm	Searles
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Ulm	Searles
No high school diploma	8.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Ulm	Searles
Drove alone	79.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	19.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.6%
Other means	0.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Ulm	Searles
1-unit, detached	73.9%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	New Ulm	Searles
Poverty rate	8.7%	1.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	12	21
Median year structure built	1965	1966