Fountain vs Ostrander

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

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

Fountain has the higher population (490 vs 323 in Ostrander). Fountain has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $70,357 in Ostrander). Fountain has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $141,400 in Ostrander).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain	Ostrander
Population	490	323
Median age	40.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$70,357
Median home value	$177,100	$141,400
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	214	132
Homeownership rate	86.5%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain	Ostrander
Population	345 → 490 (+42.0%)	282 → 323 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$69,750 → $72,750 (+4.3%)	$43,438 → $70,357 (+62.0%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $177,100 (+36.3%)	$85,800 → $141,400 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $575 (-7.3%)	$750 → $1,038 (+38.4%)

Fountain

Population

345490

Median household income

$69,750$72,750

Median home value

$129,900$177,100

Median gross rent

$620$575

Ostrander

Population

282323

Median household income

$43,438$70,357

Median home value

$85,800$141,400

Median gross rent

$750$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain	Ostrander
Under 5	3.1%	12.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	12.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	21.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	5.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.6%
75 and over	5.7%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain	Ostrander
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain	Ostrander
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	31.0%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain	Ostrander
Drove alone	72.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain	Ostrander
1-unit, detached	82.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountain	Ostrander
Poverty rate	5.9%	15.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1945	1973