Dodge Center vs Hayfield

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

Dodge Center and Hayfield 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 1,382 in Hayfield). Dodge Center has the higher median household income ($77,552 vs $69,688 in Hayfield). Dodge Center has the higher median home value ($175,900 vs $173,000 in Hayfield).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge Center	Hayfield
Population	2,864	1,382
Median age	38.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,552	$69,688
Median home value	$175,900	$173,000
Median gross rent	$955	$933
Housing units	1,208	595
Homeownership rate	81.4%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge Center	Hayfield
Population	2,737 → 2,864 (+4.6%)	1,431 → 1,382 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$58,179 → $77,552 (+33.3%)	$50,500 → $69,688 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $175,900 (+25.4%)	$117,200 → $173,000 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $955 (+44.0%)	$555 → $933 (+68.1%)

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

Hayfield

Population

1,4311,382

Median household income

$50,500$69,688

Median home value

$117,200$173,000

Median gross rent

$555$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodge Center	Hayfield
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.2%
75 and over	8.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge Center	Hayfield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge Center	Hayfield
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	38.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge Center	Hayfield
Drove alone	80.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	8.2%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodge Center	Hayfield
1-unit, detached	74.9%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	13.4%
20 or more units	5.1%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Dodge Center	Hayfield
Poverty rate	5.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1978	1966