Scanlon vs Wrenshall

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

Scanlon and Wrenshall 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 413 in Wrenshall). Wrenshall has the higher median household income ($97,798 vs $75,833 in Scanlon). Wrenshall has the higher median home value ($232,000 vs $221,500 in Scanlon).

Population, income & housing

	Scanlon	Wrenshall
Population	1,087	413
Median age	40.8 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$97,798
Median home value	$221,500	$232,000
Median gross rent	$1,550	$971
Housing units	479	176
Homeownership rate	92.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scanlon	Wrenshall
Population	1,181 → 1,087 (-8.0%)	510 → 413 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$67,560 → $75,833 (+12.2%)	$63,125 → $97,798 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$149,300 → $221,500 (+48.4%)	$147,500 → $232,000 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,224 → $1,550 (+26.6%)	$896 → $971 (+8.4%)

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

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)

	Scanlon	Wrenshall
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	1.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	18.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	15.0%
75 and over	9.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scanlon	Wrenshall
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scanlon	Wrenshall
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	33.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scanlon	Wrenshall
Drove alone	87.7%	86.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scanlon	Wrenshall
1-unit, detached	90.2%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Scanlon	Wrenshall
Poverty rate	5.2%	5.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1959	1994