Shafer vs Stacy

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

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

Stacy has the higher population (1,992 vs 1,151 in Shafer). Shafer has the higher median household income ($96,042 vs $76,875 in Stacy). Shafer has the higher median home value ($225,700 vs $222,800 in Stacy).

Population, income & housing

	Shafer	Stacy
Population	1,151	1,992
Median age	35.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$96,042	$76,875
Median home value	$225,700	$222,800
Median gross rent	$954	$871
Housing units	435	694
Homeownership rate	81.9%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shafer	Stacy
Population	1,171 → 1,151 (-1.7%)	1,987 → 1,992 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$74,250 → $96,042 (+29.3%)	$66,319 → $76,875 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $225,700 (+36.0%)	$163,400 → $222,800 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $954 (-4.6%)	$1,188 → $871 (-26.7%)

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

Stacy

Population

1,9871,992

Median household income

$66,319$76,875

Median home value

$163,400$222,800

Median gross rent

$1,188$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shafer	Stacy
Under 5	7.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.7%
35 to 44	19.5%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.1%
75 and over	1.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shafer	Stacy
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.0%
Asian	0.6%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shafer	Stacy
No high school diploma	4.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	31.8%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shafer	Stacy
Drove alone	78.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.2%
Other means	2.1%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shafer	Stacy
1-unit, detached	61.6%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.7%	35.6%

Poverty & households

	Shafer	Stacy
Poverty rate	7.1%	8.4%
Average household size	2.70	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	39	25
Median year structure built	2002	1990