Frost vs Kiester

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

Frost 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 300 in Frost). Frost has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $49,167 in Kiester). Frost has the higher median home value ($71,800 vs $52,600 in Kiester).

Population, income & housing

	Frost	Kiester
Population	300	544
Median age	38.1 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$49,167
Median home value	$71,800	$52,600
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	128	312
Homeownership rate	87.0%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frost	Kiester
Population	212 → 300 (+41.5%)	549 → 544 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $75,000 (+62.2%)	$48,333 → $49,167 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $71,800 (+46.5%)	$53,200 → $52,600 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $825 (+71.9%)	$929 → $1,108 (+19.3%)

Frost

Population

212300

Median household income

$46,250$75,000

Median home value

$49,000$71,800

Median gross rent

$480$825

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)

	Frost	Kiester
Under 5	5.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	28.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	20.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	6.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.8%
75 and over	5.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frost	Kiester
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	0.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frost	Kiester
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frost	Kiester
Drove alone	72.6%	63.7%
Carpooled	20.0%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.7%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frost	Kiester
1-unit, detached	87.5%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Frost	Kiester
Poverty rate	13.0%	26.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1947	1952