Deerwood vs Jenkins

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

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

Deerwood has the higher population (649 vs 472 in Jenkins). Jenkins has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $62,679 in Deerwood). Jenkins has the higher median home value ($265,900 vs $214,700 in Deerwood).

Population, income & housing

	Deerwood	Jenkins
Population	649	472
Median age	30.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,679	$70,500
Median home value	$214,700	$265,900
Median gross rent	$920	$1,000
Housing units	292	184
Homeownership rate	56.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerwood	Jenkins
Population	553 → 649 (+17.4%)	417 → 472 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$35,208 → $62,679 (+78.0%)	$47,708 → $70,500 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $214,700 (+90.2%)	$162,500 → $265,900 (+63.6%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $920 (+67.3%)	$763 → $1,000 (+31.1%)

Deerwood

Population

553649

Median household income

$35,208$62,679

Median home value

$112,900$214,700

Median gross rent

$550$920

Jenkins

Population

417472

Median household income

$47,708$70,500

Median home value

$162,500$265,900

Median gross rent

$763$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerwood	Jenkins
Under 5	2.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	39.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	6.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	5.1%	6.1%
75 and over	6.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerwood	Jenkins
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	10.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerwood	Jenkins
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	24.5%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerwood	Jenkins
Drove alone	73.3%	86.6%
Carpooled	20.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerwood	Jenkins
1-unit, detached	55.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	16.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Deerwood	Jenkins
Poverty rate	9.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1984	1992