Cannon Falls vs Zumbrota

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

Cannon Falls and Zumbrota 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 3,843 in Zumbrota). Zumbrota has the higher median household income ($96,818 vs $80,515 in Cannon Falls). Cannon Falls has the higher median home value ($262,100 vs $235,800 in Zumbrota).

Population, income & housing

	Cannon Falls	Zumbrota
Population	4,216	3,843
Median age	45.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,515	$96,818
Median home value	$262,100	$235,800
Median gross rent	$983	$785
Housing units	2,037	1,682
Homeownership rate	74.8%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cannon Falls	Zumbrota
Population	4,054 → 4,216 (+4.0%)	3,426 → 3,843 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$65,943 → $80,515 (+22.1%)	$60,260 → $96,818 (+60.7%)
Median home value	$177,900 → $262,100 (+47.3%)	$184,600 → $235,800 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $983 (+10.4%)	$713 → $785 (+10.1%)

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

Zumbrota

Population

3,4263,843

Median household income

$60,260$96,818

Median home value

$184,600$235,800

Median gross rent

$713$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cannon Falls	Zumbrota
Under 5	3.3%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.2%
75 and over	10.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cannon Falls	Zumbrota
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cannon Falls	Zumbrota
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	36.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cannon Falls	Zumbrota
Drove alone	81.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.7%	3.0%
Walked	4.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	9.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cannon Falls	Zumbrota
1-unit, detached	61.4%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	8.3%
20 or more units	8.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Cannon Falls	Zumbrota
Poverty rate	5.8%	8.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1969	1980