Shafer vs Taylors Falls

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

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

Taylors Falls has the higher population (1,208 vs 1,151 in Shafer). Shafer has the higher median household income ($96,042 vs $61,548 in Taylors Falls). Taylors Falls has the higher median home value ($256,000 vs $225,700 in Shafer).

Population, income & housing

	Shafer	Taylors Falls
Population	1,151	1,208
Median age	35.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,042	$61,548
Median home value	$225,700	$256,000
Median gross rent	$954	$985
Housing units	435	563
Homeownership rate	81.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shafer	Taylors Falls
Population	1,171 → 1,151 (-1.7%)	1,090 → 1,208 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$74,250 → $96,042 (+29.3%)	$58,194 → $61,548 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $225,700 (+36.0%)	$181,900 → $256,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $954 (-4.6%)	$667 → $985 (+47.7%)

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

Taylors Falls

Population

1,0901,208

Median household income

$58,194$61,548

Median home value

$181,900$256,000

Median gross rent

$667$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shafer	Taylors Falls
Under 5	7.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	19.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.1%
75 and over	1.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shafer	Taylors Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.7%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shafer	Taylors Falls
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	31.8%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shafer	Taylors Falls
Drove alone	78.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	12.0%
Other means	2.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shafer	Taylors Falls
1-unit, detached	61.6%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	28.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shafer	Taylors Falls
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	39	36
Median year structure built	2002	1977