Claremont vs Dodge Center

A side-by-side comparison of Claremont and Dodge Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dodge Center has the higher population (2,864 vs 554 in Claremont). Dodge Center has the higher median household income ($77,552 vs $66,458 in Claremont). Dodge Center has the higher median home value ($175,900 vs $114,100 in Claremont).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	Dodge Center
Population	554	2,864
Median age	36.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,458	$77,552
Median home value	$114,100	$175,900
Median gross rent	$850	$955
Housing units	212	1,208
Homeownership rate	88.4%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	Dodge Center
Population	779 → 554 (-28.9%)	2,737 → 2,864 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$52,300 → $66,458 (+27.1%)	$58,179 → $77,552 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $114,100 (+57.4%)	$140,300 → $175,900 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $850 (+19.9%)	$663 → $955 (+44.0%)

Claremont

Population

779554

Median household income

$52,300$66,458

Median home value

$72,500$114,100

Median gross rent

$709$850

Dodge Center

Population

2,7372,864

Median household income

$58,179$77,552

Median home value

$140,300$175,900

Median gross rent

$663$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claremont	Dodge Center
Under 5	11.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	5.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.7%
75 and over	4.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	Dodge Center
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	Dodge Center
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	42.9%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	Dodge Center
Drove alone	81.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	5.9%
Other means	2.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	Dodge Center
1-unit, detached	80.2%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	Dodge Center
Poverty rate	27.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1954	1978