Chatfield vs Spring Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Chatfield and Spring Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatfield has the higher population (2,693 vs 2,357 in Spring Valley). Chatfield has the higher median household income ($91,912 vs $64,500 in Spring Valley). Chatfield has the higher median home value ($216,000 vs $149,100 in Spring Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Chatfield	Spring Valley
Population	2,693	2,357
Median age	38.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,912	$64,500
Median home value	$216,000	$149,100
Median gross rent	$645	$861
Housing units	1,066	1,081
Homeownership rate	88.3%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatfield	Spring Valley
Population	2,990 → 2,693 (-9.9%)	2,481 → 2,357 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$74,135 → $91,912 (+24.0%)	$46,121 → $64,500 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $216,000 (+25.8%)	$106,800 → $149,100 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $645 (-10.7%)	$590 → $861 (+45.9%)

Chatfield

Population

2,9902,693

Median household income

$74,135$91,912

Median home value

$171,700$216,000

Median gross rent

$722$645

Spring Valley

Population

2,4812,357

Median household income

$46,121$64,500

Median home value

$106,800$149,100

Median gross rent

$590$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatfield	Spring Valley
Under 5	6.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.8%
75 and over	9.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatfield	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatfield	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatfield	Spring Valley
Drove alone	80.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.6%
Public transit	1.0%	1.6%
Walked	3.4%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatfield	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	76.5%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	2.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Chatfield	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	5.8%	12.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1974	1963