Deerwood vs Emily

A side-by-side comparison of Deerwood and Emily: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emily has the higher population (659 vs 649 in Deerwood). Emily has the higher median household income ($73,563 vs $62,679 in Deerwood). Emily has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $214,700 in Deerwood).

Population, income & housing

	Deerwood	Emily
Population	649	659
Median age	30.8 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,679	$73,563
Median home value	$214,700	$344,700
Median gross rent	$920	—
Housing units	292	1,012
Homeownership rate	56.4%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerwood	Emily
Population	553 → 649 (+17.4%)	593 → 659 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$35,208 → $62,679 (+78.0%)	$41,000 → $73,563 (+79.4%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $214,700 (+90.2%)	$264,400 → $344,700 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $920 (+67.3%)	$1,083 → $1,375 (+27.0%)

Deerwood

Population

553649

Median household income

$35,208$62,679

Median home value

$112,900$214,700

Median gross rent

$550$920

Emily

Population

593659

Median household income

$41,000$73,563

Median home value

$264,400$344,700

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerwood	Emily
Under 5	2.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	39.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	4.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	3.6%
55 to 64	6.5%	23.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	28.7%
75 and over	6.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerwood	Emily
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerwood	Emily
No high school diploma	10.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	24.5%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerwood	Emily
Drove alone	73.3%	62.4%
Carpooled	20.0%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	31.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerwood	Emily
1-unit, detached	55.8%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Deerwood	Emily
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.4%
Average household size	2.88	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1984	1984