Bricelyn vs Kiester

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

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

Kiester has the higher population (544 vs 385 in Bricelyn). Bricelyn has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $49,167 in Kiester). Kiester has the higher median home value ($52,600 vs $49,500 in Bricelyn).

Population, income & housing

	Bricelyn	Kiester
Population	385	544
Median age	50.2 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$49,167
Median home value	$49,500	$52,600
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	204	312
Homeownership rate	72.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bricelyn	Kiester
Population	283 → 385 (+36.0%)	549 → 544 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$35,313 → $52,500 (+48.7%)	$48,333 → $49,167 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$41,400 → $49,500 (+19.6%)	$53,200 → $52,600 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $575 (+12.1%)	$929 → $1,108 (+19.3%)

Bricelyn

Population

283385

Median household income

$35,313$52,500

Median home value

$41,400$49,500

Median gross rent

$513$575

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)

	Bricelyn	Kiester
Under 5	2.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	20.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	23.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.8%
75 and over	7.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bricelyn	Kiester
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bricelyn	Kiester
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bricelyn	Kiester
Drove alone	77.1%	63.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bricelyn	Kiester
1-unit, detached	89.7%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Bricelyn	Kiester
Poverty rate	10.5%	26.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1944	1952