Breezy Point vs Nisswa

A side-by-side comparison of Breezy Point and Nisswa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Breezy Point has the higher population (2,647 vs 1,744 in Nisswa). Nisswa has the higher median household income ($100,167 vs $85,913 in Breezy Point). Nisswa has the higher median home value ($475,700 vs $301,000 in Breezy Point).

Population, income & housing

	Breezy Point	Nisswa
Population	2,647	1,744
Median age	39.1 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,913	$100,167
Median home value	$301,000	$475,700
Median gross rent	$1,117	$820
Housing units	1,844	1,468
Homeownership rate	95.3%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breezy Point	Nisswa
Population	2,319 → 2,647 (+14.1%)	1,817 → 1,744 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$68,831 → $85,913 (+24.8%)	$67,000 → $100,167 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$250,800 → $301,000 (+20.0%)	$249,800 → $475,700 (+90.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,117 (-13.3%)	$990 → $820 (-17.2%)

Breezy Point

Population

2,3192,647

Median household income

$68,831$85,913

Median home value

$250,800$301,000

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,117

Nisswa

Population

1,8171,744

Median household income

$67,000$100,167

Median home value

$249,800$475,700

Median gross rent

$990$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breezy Point	Nisswa
Under 5	7.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	20.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	4.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	23.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	14.1%
75 and over	6.1%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breezy Point	Nisswa
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breezy Point	Nisswa
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	19.6%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breezy Point	Nisswa
Drove alone	73.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breezy Point	Nisswa
1-unit, detached	84.0%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Breezy Point	Nisswa
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1994	1986