Cannon Falls vs Wanamingo

A side-by-side comparison of Cannon Falls and Wanamingo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cannon Falls has the higher population (4,216 vs 1,185 in Wanamingo). Wanamingo has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $80,515 in Cannon Falls). Cannon Falls has the higher median home value ($262,100 vs $247,400 in Wanamingo).

Population, income & housing

	Cannon Falls	Wanamingo
Population	4,216	1,185
Median age	45.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,515	$85,000
Median home value	$262,100	$247,400
Median gross rent	$983	$611
Housing units	2,037	545
Homeownership rate	74.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cannon Falls	Wanamingo
Population	4,054 → 4,216 (+4.0%)	1,140 → 1,185 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$65,943 → $80,515 (+22.1%)	$55,417 → $85,000 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$177,900 → $262,100 (+47.3%)	$151,500 → $247,400 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $983 (+10.4%)	$600 → $611 (+1.8%)

Cannon Falls

Population

4,0544,216

Median household income

$65,943$80,515

Median home value

$177,900$262,100

Median gross rent

$890$983

Wanamingo

Population

1,1401,185

Median household income

$55,417$85,000

Median home value

$151,500$247,400

Median gross rent

$600$611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cannon Falls	Wanamingo
Under 5	3.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	17.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.9%
75 and over	10.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cannon Falls	Wanamingo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cannon Falls	Wanamingo
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	36.3%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cannon Falls	Wanamingo
Drove alone	81.8%	84.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.7%	2.5%
Walked	4.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cannon Falls	Wanamingo
1-unit, detached	61.4%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	15.8%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Cannon Falls	Wanamingo
Poverty rate	5.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1969	1979