Pine River vs Walker

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

Pine River and Walker 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 858 in Walker). Pine River has the higher median household income ($39,858 vs $35,847 in Walker). Walker has the higher median home value ($240,200 vs $133,300 in Pine River).

Population, income & housing

	Pine River	Walker
Population	928	858
Median age	39.1 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,858	$35,847
Median home value	$133,300	$240,200
Median gross rent	$793	$519
Housing units	466	609
Homeownership rate	41.1%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine River	Walker
Population	911 → 928 (+1.9%)	938 → 858 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$31,990 → $39,858 (+24.6%)	$42,500 → $35,847 (-15.7%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $133,300 (+37.8%)	$157,700 → $240,200 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $793 (+21.1%)	$770 → $519 (-32.6%)

Pine River

Population

911928

Median household income

$31,990$39,858

Median home value

$96,700$133,300

Median gross rent

$655$793

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)

	Pine River	Walker
Under 5	4.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	8.7%
18 to 24	13.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	5.0%
45 to 54	6.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	19.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.8%
75 and over	12.6%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine River	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	14.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine River	Walker
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	50.6%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine River	Walker
Drove alone	59.2%	58.1%
Carpooled	25.5%	12.7%
Public transit	1.7%	1.5%
Walked	7.6%	26.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine River	Walker
1-unit, detached	41.6%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	12.2%
20 or more units	19.5%	14.3%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pine River	Walker
Poverty rate	23.6%	27.8%
Average household size	2.09	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1975	1987