Frontenac vs Wanamingo

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

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

Wanamingo has the higher population (1,185 vs 174 in Frontenac). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $85,000 in Wanamingo). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($330,000 vs $247,400 in Wanamingo).

Population, income & housing

	Frontenac	Wanamingo
Population	174	1,185
Median age	37.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$85,000
Median home value	$330,000	$247,400
Median gross rent	$1,125	$611
Housing units	67	545
Homeownership rate	82.3%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frontenac	Wanamingo
Population	227 → 174 (-23.3%)	1,140 → 1,185 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $87,500 (+47.9%)	$55,417 → $85,000 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $330,000 (+118.8%)	$151,500 → $247,400 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $611 (+1.8%)

Frontenac

Population

227174

Median household income

$59,167$87,500

Median home value

$150,800$330,000

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)

	Frontenac	Wanamingo
Under 5	12.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.0%
18 to 24	1.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	17.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	21.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.9%
75 and over	6.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frontenac	Wanamingo
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frontenac	Wanamingo
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	15.6%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frontenac	Wanamingo
Drove alone	66.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	16.9%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	4.9%
Other means	3.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frontenac	Wanamingo
1-unit, detached	89.6%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Frontenac	Wanamingo
Poverty rate	4.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	2001	1979