Barnesville vs Ulen

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

Barnesville and Ulen 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 417 in Ulen). Barnesville has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $60,208 in Ulen). Barnesville has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $137,500 in Ulen).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Ulen
Population	2,757	417
Median age	34.5 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$60,208
Median home value	$218,300	$137,500
Median gross rent	$862	$754
Housing units	1,076	257
Homeownership rate	82.1%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Ulen
Population	2,582 → 2,757 (+6.8%)	500 → 417 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$72,177 → $83,333 (+15.5%)	$49,625 → $60,208 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $218,300 (+35.5%)	$100,000 → $137,500 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $862 (+18.4%)	$746 → $754 (+1.1%)

Barnesville

Population

2,5822,757

Median household income

$72,177$83,333

Median home value

$161,100$218,300

Median gross rent

$728$862

Ulen

Population

500417

Median household income

$49,625$60,208

Median home value

$100,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$746$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Ulen
Under 5	3.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	27.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	1.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	7.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	16.3%
75 and over	7.4%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Ulen
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Ulen
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.3%
High school graduate	20.7%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Ulen
Drove alone	76.1%	68.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Ulen
1-unit, detached	82.2%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	21.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	Ulen
Poverty rate	6.4%	26.4%
Average household size	2.64	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1976	1979