Barnesville vs Glyndon

A side-by-side comparison of Barnesville and Glyndon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barnesville has the higher population (2,757 vs 1,286 in Glyndon). Glyndon has the higher median household income ($93,571 vs $83,333 in Barnesville). Glyndon has the higher median home value ($257,400 vs $218,300 in Barnesville).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Glyndon
Population	2,757	1,286
Median age	34.5 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$93,571
Median home value	$218,300	$257,400
Median gross rent	$862	$641
Housing units	1,076	441
Homeownership rate	82.1%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Glyndon
Population	2,582 → 2,757 (+6.8%)	1,299 → 1,286 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$72,177 → $83,333 (+15.5%)	$66,875 → $93,571 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $218,300 (+35.5%)	$176,200 → $257,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $862 (+18.4%)	$557 → $641 (+15.1%)

Barnesville

Population

2,5822,757

Median household income

$72,177$83,333

Median home value

$161,100$218,300

Median gross rent

$728$862

Glyndon

Population

1,2991,286

Median household income

$66,875$93,571

Median home value

$176,200$257,400

Median gross rent

$557$641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Glyndon
Under 5	3.4%	11.4%
5 to 17	27.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	7.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.6%
75 and over	7.4%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Glyndon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.8%
Asian	2.4%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Glyndon
No high school diploma	3.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	20.7%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Glyndon
Drove alone	76.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.7%	17.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Glyndon
1-unit, detached	82.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	Glyndon
Poverty rate	6.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1976	1991