Frontenac vs Goodhue

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

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

Goodhue has the higher population (1,261 vs 174 in Frontenac). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $86,731 in Goodhue). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($330,000 vs $230,300 in Goodhue).

Population, income & housing

	Frontenac	Goodhue
Population	174	1,261
Median age	37.0 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$86,731
Median home value	$330,000	$230,300
Median gross rent	$1,125	$775
Housing units	67	392
Homeownership rate	82.3%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frontenac	Goodhue
Population	227 → 174 (-23.3%)	1,261 → 1,261 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $87,500 (+47.9%)	$71,667 → $86,731 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $330,000 (+118.8%)	$176,000 → $230,300 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,021 → $775 (-24.1%)

Frontenac

Population

227174

Median household income

$59,167$87,500

Median home value

$150,800$330,000

Goodhue

Population

1,2611,261

Median household income

$71,667$86,731

Median home value

$176,000$230,300

Median gross rent

$1,021$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frontenac	Goodhue
Under 5	12.1%	10.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	30.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	21.8%	7.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	5.6%
75 and over	6.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frontenac	Goodhue
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frontenac	Goodhue
No high school diploma	3.3%	9.6%
High school graduate	15.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frontenac	Goodhue
Drove alone	66.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	16.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	6.5%
Other means	3.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frontenac	Goodhue
1-unit, detached	89.6%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Frontenac	Goodhue
Poverty rate	4.0%	15.1%
Average household size	2.81	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	2001	1985