Kiester vs Wells

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

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

Wells has the higher population (2,317 vs 544 in Kiester). Wells has the higher median household income ($58,663 vs $49,167 in Kiester). Wells has the higher median home value ($93,200 vs $52,600 in Kiester).

Population, income & housing

	Kiester	Wells
Population	544	2,317
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$58,663
Median home value	$52,600	$93,200
Median gross rent	—	$699
Housing units	312	1,198
Homeownership rate	87.5%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiester	Wells
Population	549 → 544 (-0.9%)	2,336 → 2,317 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $49,167 (+1.7%)	$46,205 → $58,663 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$53,200 → $52,600 (-1.1%)	$83,800 → $93,200 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,108 (+19.3%)	$604 → $699 (+15.7%)

Kiester

Population

549544

Median household income

$48,333$49,167

Median home value

$53,200$52,600

Median gross rent

$929$1,108

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)

	Kiester	Wells
Under 5	2.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	20.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.4%
75 and over	8.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiester	Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiester	Wells
No high school diploma	7.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	46.0%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiester	Wells
Drove alone	63.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	17.9%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiester	Wells
1-unit, detached	85.3%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kiester	Wells
Poverty rate	26.5%	11.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1952	1953