Blue Earth vs Wells

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

Blue Earth and Wells 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 2,317 in Wells). Blue Earth has the higher median household income ($59,118 vs $58,663 in Wells). Blue Earth has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $93,200 in Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Earth	Wells
Population	3,170	2,317
Median age	45.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,118	$58,663
Median home value	$125,200	$93,200
Median gross rent	$916	$699
Housing units	1,497	1,198
Homeownership rate	65.2%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Earth	Wells
Population	3,138 → 3,170 (+1.0%)	2,336 → 2,317 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $59,118 (+27.8%)	$46,205 → $58,663 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $125,200 (+51.4%)	$83,800 → $93,200 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $916 (+63.0%)	$604 → $699 (+15.7%)

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

Wells

Population

2,3362,317

Median household income

$46,205$58,663

Median home value

$83,800$93,200

Median gross rent

$604$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Earth	Wells
Under 5	5.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.4%
75 and over	13.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Earth	Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	1.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Earth	Wells
No high school diploma	9.1%	10.3%
High school graduate	32.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Earth	Wells
Drove alone	73.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Earth	Wells
1-unit, detached	74.3%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Earth	Wells
Poverty rate	13.2%	11.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	11	19
Median year structure built	1953	1953