Cologne vs Watertown

A side-by-side comparison of Cologne and Watertown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Watertown has the higher population (4,747 vs 2,146 in Cologne). Cologne has the higher median household income ($117,344 vs $93,008 in Watertown). Cologne has the higher median home value ($356,600 vs $315,200 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Cologne	Watertown
Population	2,146	4,747
Median age	36.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,344	$93,008
Median home value	$356,600	$315,200
Median gross rent	—	$967
Housing units	841	1,877
Homeownership rate	89.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cologne	Watertown
Population	1,981 → 2,146 (+8.3%)	4,408 → 4,747 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$90,042 → $117,344 (+30.3%)	$83,542 → $93,008 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$242,000 → $356,600 (+47.4%)	$208,300 → $315,200 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $467 (-31.4%)	$694 → $967 (+39.3%)

Cologne

Population

1,9812,146

Median household income

$90,042$117,344

Median home value

$242,000$356,600

Median gross rent

$681$467

Watertown

Population

4,4084,747

Median household income

$83,542$93,008

Median home value

$208,300$315,200

Median gross rent

$694$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cologne	Watertown
Under 5	7.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	4.7%	6.3%
75 and over	2.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cologne	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cologne	Watertown
No high school diploma	0.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	24.6%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cologne	Watertown
Drove alone	63.9%	73.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.9%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cologne	Watertown
1-unit, detached	90.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Cologne	Watertown
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	2004	1995