Blue Earth vs Elmore

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Earth and Elmore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Earth has the higher population (3,170 vs 442 in Elmore). Blue Earth has the higher median household income ($59,118 vs $40,938 in Elmore). Blue Earth has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $45,800 in Elmore).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Earth	Elmore
Population	3,170	442
Median age	45.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,118	$40,938
Median home value	$125,200	$45,800
Median gross rent	$916	$907
Housing units	1,497	256
Homeownership rate	65.2%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Earth	Elmore
Population	3,138 → 3,170 (+1.0%)	480 → 442 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $59,118 (+27.8%)	$38,125 → $40,938 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $125,200 (+51.4%)	$36,600 → $45,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $916 (+63.0%)	$492 → $907 (+84.3%)

Blue Earth

Population

3,1383,170

Median household income

$46,250$59,118

Median home value

$82,700$125,200

Median gross rent

$562$916

Elmore

Population

480442

Median household income

$38,125$40,938

Median home value

$36,600$45,800

Median gross rent

$492$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Earth	Elmore
Under 5	5.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	15.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.4%
75 and over	13.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Earth	Elmore
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	79.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	2.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Earth	Elmore
No high school diploma	9.1%	19.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Earth	Elmore
Drove alone	73.4%	87.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Earth	Elmore
1-unit, detached	74.3%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Earth	Elmore
Poverty rate	13.2%	27.4%
Average household size	2.17	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	11	21
Median year structure built	1953	1956