Mahtowa vs Scanlon

A side-by-side comparison of Mahtowa and Scanlon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scanlon has the higher population (1,087 vs 365 in Mahtowa). Mahtowa has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $75,833 in Scanlon). Mahtowa has the higher median home value ($242,400 vs $221,500 in Scanlon).

Population, income & housing

	Mahtowa	Scanlon
Population	365	1,087
Median age	33.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$75,833
Median home value	$242,400	$221,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,550
Housing units	154	479
Homeownership rate	95.0%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mahtowa	Scanlon
Population	358 → 365 (+2.0%)	1,181 → 1,087 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$74,091 → $85,000 (+14.7%)	$67,560 → $75,833 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $242,400 (+72.8%)	$149,300 → $221,500 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,224 → $1,550 (+26.6%)

Mahtowa

Population

358365

Median household income

$74,091$85,000

Median home value

$140,300$242,400

Scanlon

Population

1,1811,087

Median household income

$67,560$75,833

Median home value

$149,300$221,500

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mahtowa	Scanlon
Under 5	19.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.0%
75 and over	6.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mahtowa	Scanlon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	10.1%	14.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mahtowa	Scanlon
No high school diploma	1.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	36.2%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mahtowa	Scanlon
Drove alone	80.4%	87.7%
Carpooled	1.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	4.9%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mahtowa	Scanlon
1-unit, detached	84.4%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mahtowa	Scanlon
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1971	1959