Delavan vs Kiester

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

Delavan 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 174 in Delavan). Delavan has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $49,167 in Kiester). Delavan has the higher median home value ($71,500 vs $52,600 in Kiester).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan	Kiester
Population	174	544
Median age	45.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$49,167
Median home value	$71,500	$52,600
Median gross rent	$929	—
Housing units	86	312
Homeownership rate	83.5%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan	Kiester
Population	238 → 174 (-26.9%)	549 → 544 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $69,583 (+26.5%)	$48,333 → $49,167 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $71,500 (+34.7%)	$53,200 → $52,600 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$469 → $929 (+98.1%)	$929 → $1,108 (+19.3%)

Delavan

Population

238174

Median household income

$55,000$69,583

Median home value

$53,100$71,500

Median gross rent

$469$929

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)

	Delavan	Kiester
Under 5	4.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	20.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	19.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.8%
75 and over	2.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan	Kiester
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	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	8.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan	Kiester
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan	Kiester
Drove alone	80.6%	63.7%
Carpooled	12.6%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.9%	8.4%
Other means	3.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan	Kiester
1-unit, detached	95.3%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Delavan	Kiester
Poverty rate	14.5%	26.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1952	1952