Bellechester vs Frontenac

A side-by-side comparison of Bellechester and Frontenac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellechester has the higher population (234 vs 174 in Frontenac). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $59,375 in Bellechester). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($330,000 vs $194,400 in Bellechester).

Population, income & housing

	Bellechester	Frontenac
Population	234	174
Median age	29.1 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$87,500
Median home value	$194,400	$330,000
Median gross rent	$913	$1,125
Housing units	95	67
Homeownership rate	73.6%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	19.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellechester	Frontenac
Population	165 → 234 (+41.8%)	227 → 174 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $59,375 (+35.7%)	$59,167 → $87,500 (+47.9%)
Median home value	$119,400 → $194,400 (+62.8%)	$150,800 → $330,000 (+118.8%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $913 (-4.4%)	—

Bellechester

Population

165234

Median household income

$43,750$59,375

Median home value

$119,400$194,400

Median gross rent

$955$913

Frontenac

Population

227174

Median household income

$59,167$87,500

Median home value

$150,800$330,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellechester	Frontenac
Under 5	6.0%	12.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	13.2%	1.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.4%	21.8%
65 to 74	6.0%	6.9%
75 and over	3.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellechester	Frontenac
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.7%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellechester	Frontenac
No high school diploma	14.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	55.4%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellechester	Frontenac
Drove alone	83.3%	66.3%
Carpooled	14.7%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellechester	Frontenac
1-unit, detached	74.7%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Bellechester	Frontenac
Poverty rate	12.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1957	2001