Blue Earth vs Kiester

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

Blue Earth and Kiester 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 544 in Kiester). Blue Earth has the higher median household income ($59,118 vs $49,167 in Kiester). Blue Earth has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $52,600 in Kiester).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Earth	Kiester
Population	3,170	544
Median age	45.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,118	$49,167
Median home value	$125,200	$52,600
Median gross rent	$916	—
Housing units	1,497	312
Homeownership rate	65.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Earth	Kiester
Population	3,138 → 3,170 (+1.0%)	549 → 544 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $59,118 (+27.8%)	$48,333 → $49,167 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $125,200 (+51.4%)	$53,200 → $52,600 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $916 (+63.0%)	$929 → $1,108 (+19.3%)

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

Kiester

Population

549544

Median household income

$48,333$49,167

Median home value

$53,200$52,600

Median gross rent

$929$1,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Earth	Kiester
Under 5	5.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	20.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.8%
75 and over	13.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Earth	Kiester
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Earth	Kiester
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Earth	Kiester
Drove alone	73.4%	63.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Earth	Kiester
1-unit, detached	74.3%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Earth	Kiester
Poverty rate	13.2%	26.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	11	30
Median year structure built	1953	1952