Comstock vs Hitterdal

A side-by-side comparison of Comstock and Hitterdal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hitterdal has the higher population (361 vs 76 in Comstock). Comstock has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $49,792 in Hitterdal). Comstock has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $112,500 in Hitterdal).

Population, income & housing

	Comstock	Hitterdal
Population	76	361
Median age	57.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$49,792
Median home value	$165,600	$112,500
Housing units	35	156
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comstock	Hitterdal
Population	78 → 76 (-2.6%)	206 → 361 (+75.2%)
Median household income	$90,417 → $88,750 (-1.8%)	$59,688 → $49,792 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $165,600 (+39.4%)	$91,400 → $112,500 (+23.1%)

Comstock

Population

7876

Median household income

$90,417$88,750

Median home value

$118,800$165,600

Hitterdal

Population

206361

Median household income

$59,688$49,792

Median home value

$91,400$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comstock	Hitterdal
Under 5	5.3%	23.0%
5 to 17	7.9%	10.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	2.6%	5.5%
45 to 54	7.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	19.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.9%
75 and over	27.6%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comstock	Hitterdal
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comstock	Hitterdal
No high school diploma	13.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	8.2%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	49.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comstock	Hitterdal
Drove alone	94.1%	83.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comstock	Hitterdal
1-unit, detached	100.0%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Comstock	Hitterdal
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1960	1962