Pillager vs Pine River

A side-by-side comparison of Pillager and Pine River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pine River has the higher population (928 vs 494 in Pillager). Pillager has the higher median household income ($66,771 vs $39,858 in Pine River). Pillager has the higher median home value ($148,300 vs $133,300 in Pine River).

Population, income & housing

	Pillager	Pine River
Population	494	928
Median age	40.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,771	$39,858
Median home value	$148,300	$133,300
Median gross rent	$1,011	$793
Housing units	206	466
Homeownership rate	64.0%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pillager	Pine River
Population	419 → 494 (+17.9%)	911 → 928 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$44,018 → $66,771 (+51.7%)	$31,990 → $39,858 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$125,600 → $148,300 (+18.1%)	$96,700 → $133,300 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $1,011 (+25.3%)	$655 → $793 (+21.1%)

Pillager

Population

419494

Median household income

$44,018$66,771

Median home value

$125,600$148,300

Median gross rent

$807$1,011

Pine River

Population

911928

Median household income

$31,990$39,858

Median home value

$96,700$133,300

Median gross rent

$655$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pillager	Pine River
Under 5	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	13.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	18.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	6.6%
55 to 64	6.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.7%
75 and over	13.4%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pillager	Pine River
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	7.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pillager	Pine River
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pillager	Pine River
Drove alone	83.9%	59.2%
Carpooled	11.8%	25.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.8%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pillager	Pine River
1-unit, detached	69.4%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	18.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.5%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Pillager	Pine River
Poverty rate	8.5%	23.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1979	1975