Mahtowa vs Wrenshall

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

Mahtowa 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 365 in Mahtowa). Wrenshall has the higher median household income ($97,798 vs $85,000 in Mahtowa). Mahtowa has the higher median home value ($242,400 vs $232,000 in Wrenshall).

Population, income & housing

	Mahtowa	Wrenshall
Population	365	413
Median age	33.9 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$97,798
Median home value	$242,400	$232,000
Median gross rent	—	$971
Housing units	154	176
Homeownership rate	95.0%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mahtowa	Wrenshall
Population	358 → 365 (+2.0%)	510 → 413 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$74,091 → $85,000 (+14.7%)	$63,125 → $97,798 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $242,400 (+72.8%)	$147,500 → $232,000 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$896 → $971 (+8.4%)

Mahtowa

Population

358365

Median household income

$74,091$85,000

Median home value

$140,300$242,400

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)

	Mahtowa	Wrenshall
Under 5	19.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	1.0%
25 to 34	17.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	18.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	15.0%
75 and over	6.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mahtowa	Wrenshall
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mahtowa	Wrenshall
No high school diploma	1.3%	7.8%
High school graduate	36.2%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mahtowa	Wrenshall
Drove alone	80.4%	86.7%
Carpooled	1.3%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	8.5%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mahtowa	Wrenshall
1-unit, detached	84.4%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Mahtowa	Wrenshall
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1971	1994