Kettle River vs Wrenshall

A side-by-side comparison of Kettle River and Wrenshall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wrenshall has the higher population (413 vs 133 in Kettle River). Wrenshall has the higher median household income ($97,798 vs $63,125 in Kettle River). Wrenshall has the higher median home value ($232,000 vs $129,200 in Kettle River).

Population, income & housing

	Kettle River	Wrenshall
Population	133	413
Median age	56.5 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$97,798
Median home value	$129,200	$232,000
Median gross rent	—	$971
Housing units	66	176
Homeownership rate	88.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kettle River	Wrenshall
Population	182 → 133 (-26.9%)	510 → 413 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $63,125 (+41.3%)	$63,125 → $97,798 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $129,200 (+30.8%)	$147,500 → $232,000 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $767 (-9.8%)	$896 → $971 (+8.4%)

Kettle River

Population

182133

Median household income

$44,688$63,125

Median home value

$98,800$129,200

Median gross rent

$850$767

Wrenshall

Population

510413

Median household income

$63,125$97,798

Median home value

$147,500$232,000

Median gross rent

$896$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kettle River	Wrenshall
Under 5	2.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	1.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	19.5%	18.9%
65 to 74	19.5%	15.0%
75 and over	11.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kettle River	Wrenshall
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kettle River	Wrenshall
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	41.3%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kettle River	Wrenshall
Drove alone	83.9%	86.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kettle River	Wrenshall
1-unit, detached	83.3%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Kettle River	Wrenshall
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1971	1994