Fountain vs Mabel

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain and Mabel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mabel has the higher population (832 vs 490 in Fountain). Fountain has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $67,500 in Mabel). Fountain has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $124,600 in Mabel).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain	Mabel
Population	490	832
Median age	40.5 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$67,500
Median home value	$177,100	$124,600
Median gross rent	$575	$792
Housing units	214	402
Homeownership rate	86.5%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain	Mabel
Population	345 → 490 (+42.0%)	823 → 832 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$69,750 → $72,750 (+4.3%)	$56,797 → $67,500 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $177,100 (+36.3%)	$86,200 → $124,600 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $575 (-7.3%)	$755 → $792 (+4.9%)

Fountain

Population

345490

Median household income

$69,750$72,750

Median home value

$129,900$177,100

Median gross rent

$620$575

Mabel

Population

823832

Median household income

$56,797$67,500

Median home value

$86,200$124,600

Median gross rent

$755$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain	Mabel
Under 5	3.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	8.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	21.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	18.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.6%
75 and over	5.7%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain	Mabel
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain	Mabel
No high school diploma	5.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	31.0%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain	Mabel
Drove alone	72.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	16.1%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain	Mabel
1-unit, detached	82.7%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountain	Mabel
Poverty rate	5.9%	5.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1945	1960