Pillager vs Walker

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

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

Walker has the higher population (858 vs 494 in Pillager). Pillager has the higher median household income ($66,771 vs $35,847 in Walker). Walker has the higher median home value ($240,200 vs $148,300 in Pillager).

Population, income & housing

	Pillager	Walker
Population	494	858
Median age	40.1 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,771	$35,847
Median home value	$148,300	$240,200
Median gross rent	$1,011	$519
Housing units	206	609
Homeownership rate	64.0%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pillager	Walker
Population	419 → 494 (+17.9%)	938 → 858 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$44,018 → $66,771 (+51.7%)	$42,500 → $35,847 (-15.7%)
Median home value	$125,600 → $148,300 (+18.1%)	$157,700 → $240,200 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $1,011 (+25.3%)	$770 → $519 (-32.6%)

Pillager

Population

419494

Median household income

$44,018$66,771

Median home value

$125,600$148,300

Median gross rent

$807$1,011

Walker

Population

938858

Median household income

$42,500$35,847

Median home value

$157,700$240,200

Median gross rent

$770$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pillager	Walker
Under 5	4.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	8.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	18.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	6.5%	19.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.8%
75 and over	13.4%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pillager	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	14.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pillager	Walker
No high school diploma	2.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pillager	Walker
Drove alone	83.9%	58.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.8%	26.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pillager	Walker
1-unit, detached	69.4%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.3%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pillager	Walker
Poverty rate	8.5%	27.8%
Average household size	2.48	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1979	1987