Fort Ripley vs Trommald

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Ripley and Trommald: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trommald has the higher population (113 vs 63 in Fort Ripley). Fort Ripley has the higher median household income ($53,542 vs $52,667 in Trommald). Fort Ripley has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $138,600 in Trommald).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Ripley	Trommald
Population	63	113
Median age	59.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,542	$52,667
Median home value	$218,800	$138,600
Median gross rent	—	$700
Housing units	31	49
Homeownership rate	90.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	28.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Ripley	Trommald
Population	45 → 63 (+40.0%)	63 → 113 (+79.4%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $53,542 (-13.5%)	$46,250 → $52,667 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$178,100 → $218,800 (+22.9%)	$102,100 → $138,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$631 → $700 (+10.9%)

Fort Ripley

Population

4563

Median household income

$61,875$53,542

Median home value

$178,100$218,800

Trommald

Population

63113

Median household income

$46,250$52,667

Median home value

$102,100$138,600

Median gross rent

$631$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Ripley	Trommald
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	25.7%
18 to 24	1.6%	1.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	23.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	22.1%
65 to 74	34.9%	15.0%
75 and over	7.9%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Ripley	Trommald
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Ripley	Trommald
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	60.0%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Ripley	Trommald
Drove alone	77.8%	85.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Ripley	Trommald
1-unit, detached	100.0%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Ripley	Trommald
Poverty rate	4.8%	11.7%
Average household size	2.03	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1985	1975