Searles vs Sleepy Eye

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

Searles 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 211 in Searles). Searles has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $64,811 in Sleepy Eye). Searles has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $138,500 in Sleepy Eye).

Population, income & housing

	Searles	Sleepy Eye
Population	211	3,438
Median age	44.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$64,811
Median home value	$169,200	$138,500
Median gross rent	—	$757
Housing units	89	1,654
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Searles	Sleepy Eye
Population	270 → 211 (-21.9%)	3,401 → 3,438 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$82,917 → $79,375 (-4.3%)	$52,328 → $64,811 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$154,500 → $169,200 (+9.5%)	$119,000 → $138,500 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$580 → $757 (+30.5%)

Searles

Population

270211

Median household income

$82,917$79,375

Median home value

$154,500$169,200

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)

	Searles	Sleepy Eye
Under 5	6.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	17.1%	13.2%
75 and over	1.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Searles	Sleepy Eye
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	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	6.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Searles	Sleepy Eye
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	30.4%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Searles	Sleepy Eye
Drove alone	75.4%	87.0%
Carpooled	19.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.6%	5.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Searles	Sleepy Eye
1-unit, detached	95.5%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Searles	Sleepy Eye
Poverty rate	1.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1966	1958