Pine Island vs Wanamingo

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

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

Pine Island has the higher population (3,693 vs 1,185 in Wanamingo). Pine Island has the higher median household income ($91,612 vs $85,000 in Wanamingo). Pine Island has the higher median home value ($324,700 vs $247,400 in Wanamingo).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Island	Wanamingo
Population	3,693	1,185
Median age	37.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,612	$85,000
Median home value	$324,700	$247,400
Median gross rent	$959	$611
Housing units	1,550	545
Homeownership rate	75.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Island	Wanamingo
Population	3,600 → 3,693 (+2.6%)	1,140 → 1,185 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$73,889 → $91,612 (+24.0%)	$55,417 → $85,000 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $324,700 (+69.7%)	$151,500 → $247,400 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $959 (+48.9%)	$600 → $611 (+1.8%)

Pine Island

Population

3,6003,693

Median household income

$73,889$91,612

Median home value

$191,300$324,700

Median gross rent

$644$959

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)

	Pine Island	Wanamingo
Under 5	6.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	7.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.9%
75 and over	6.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Island	Wanamingo
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	84.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	1.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Island	Wanamingo
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	24.1%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Island	Wanamingo
Drove alone	80.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Island	Wanamingo
1-unit, detached	67.0%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	15.8%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Pine Island	Wanamingo
Poverty rate	3.4%	15.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	2001	1979