Center City vs Shafer

A side-by-side comparison of Center City and Shafer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shafer has the higher population (1,151 vs 668 in Center City). Shafer has the higher median household income ($96,042 vs $94,712 in Center City). Center City has the higher median home value ($327,500 vs $225,700 in Shafer).

Population, income & housing

	Center City	Shafer
Population	668	1,151
Median age	50.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,712	$96,042
Median home value	$327,500	$225,700
Median gross rent	$1,156	$954
Housing units	337	435
Homeownership rate	87.0%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center City	Shafer
Population	672 → 668 (-0.6%)	1,171 → 1,151 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$76,667 → $94,712 (+23.5%)	$74,250 → $96,042 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $327,500 (+45.6%)	$165,900 → $225,700 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,156 (+17.1%)	$1,000 → $954 (-4.6%)

Center City

Population

672668

Median household income

$76,667$94,712

Median home value

$225,000$327,500

Median gross rent

$987$1,156

Shafer

Population

1,1711,151

Median household income

$74,250$96,042

Median home value

$165,900$225,700

Median gross rent

$1,000$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center City	Shafer
Under 5	2.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	19.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	15.3%	7.6%
75 and over	10.2%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center City	Shafer
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	84.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center City	Shafer
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	31.2%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center City	Shafer
Drove alone	75.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center City	Shafer
1-unit, detached	79.8%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	8.3%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Center City	Shafer
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	39
Median year structure built	1969	2002