Comstock vs Ulen

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

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

Ulen has the higher population (417 vs 76 in Comstock). Comstock has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $60,208 in Ulen). Comstock has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $137,500 in Ulen).

Population, income & housing

	Comstock	Ulen
Population	76	417
Median age	57.5 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$60,208
Median home value	$165,600	$137,500
Median gross rent	—	$754
Housing units	35	257
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comstock	Ulen
Population	78 → 76 (-2.6%)	500 → 417 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$90,417 → $88,750 (-1.8%)	$49,625 → $60,208 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $165,600 (+39.4%)	$100,000 → $137,500 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$746 → $754 (+1.1%)

Comstock

Population

7876

Median household income

$90,417$88,750

Median home value

$118,800$165,600

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)

	Comstock	Ulen
Under 5	5.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	7.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	1.4%
25 to 34	15.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	2.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	19.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	16.3%
75 and over	27.6%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comstock	Ulen
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comstock	Ulen
No high school diploma	13.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	8.2%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	49.2%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comstock	Ulen
Drove alone	94.1%	68.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comstock	Ulen
1-unit, detached	100.0%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Comstock	Ulen
Poverty rate	0.0%	26.4%
Average household size	2.45	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1960	1979