Fountain vs Whalan

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

Fountain and Whalan 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 60 in Whalan). Whalan has the higher median household income ($112,969 vs $72,750 in Fountain). Whalan has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $177,100 in Fountain).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain	Whalan
Population	490	60
Median age	40.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$112,969
Median home value	$177,100	$225,000
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	214	50
Homeownership rate	86.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain	Whalan
Population	345 → 490 (+42.0%)	37 → 60 (+62.2%)
Median household income	$69,750 → $72,750 (+4.3%)	$50,833 → $112,969 (+122.2%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $177,100 (+36.3%)	$125,000 → $225,000 (+80.0%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $575 (-7.3%)	—

Fountain

Population

345490

Median household income

$69,750$72,750

Median home value

$129,900$177,100

Median gross rent

$620$575

Whalan

Population

3760

Median household income

$50,833$112,969

Median home value

$125,000$225,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain	Whalan
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	41.7%
35 to 44	21.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	5.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.3%
75 and over	5.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain	Whalan
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain	Whalan
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	31.0%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain	Whalan
Drove alone	72.8%	50.0%
Carpooled	16.1%	32.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	10.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain	Whalan
1-unit, detached	82.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountain	Whalan
Poverty rate	5.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	46
Median year structure built	1945	1938