Elmore vs Kiester

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

Elmore 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 442 in Elmore). Kiester has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $40,938 in Elmore). Kiester has the higher median home value ($52,600 vs $45,800 in Elmore).

Population, income & housing

	Elmore	Kiester
Population	442	544
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,938	$49,167
Median home value	$45,800	$52,600
Median gross rent	$907	—
Housing units	256	312
Homeownership rate	67.5%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmore	Kiester
Population	480 → 442 (-7.9%)	549 → 544 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $40,938 (+7.4%)	$48,333 → $49,167 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$36,600 → $45,800 (+25.1%)	$53,200 → $52,600 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $907 (+84.3%)	$929 → $1,108 (+19.3%)

Elmore

Population

480442

Median household income

$38,125$40,938

Median home value

$36,600$45,800

Median gross rent

$492$907

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)

	Elmore	Kiester
Under 5	6.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	15.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	20.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.8%
75 and over	12.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmore	Kiester
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmore	Kiester
No high school diploma	19.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmore	Kiester
Drove alone	87.4%	63.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmore	Kiester
1-unit, detached	90.6%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Elmore	Kiester
Poverty rate	27.4%	26.5%
Average household size	1.85	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1956	1952