Red Wing vs Zumbrota

A side-by-side comparison of Red Wing and Zumbrota: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Red Wing has the higher population (16,660 vs 3,843 in Zumbrota). Zumbrota has the higher median household income ($96,818 vs $65,259 in Red Wing). Zumbrota has the higher median home value ($235,800 vs $224,800 in Red Wing).

Population, income & housing

	Red Wing	Zumbrota
Population	16,660	3,843
Median age	42.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,259	$96,818
Median home value	$224,800	$235,800
Median gross rent	$954	$785
Housing units	7,730	1,682
Homeownership rate	70.8%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Wing	Zumbrota
Population	16,338 → 16,660 (+2.0%)	3,426 → 3,843 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$54,785 → $65,259 (+19.1%)	$60,260 → $96,818 (+60.7%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $224,800 (+29.2%)	$184,600 → $235,800 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $954 (+6.1%)	$713 → $785 (+10.1%)

Red Wing

Population

16,33816,660

Median household income

$54,785$65,259

Median home value

$174,000$224,800

Median gross rent

$899$954

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)

	Red Wing	Zumbrota
Under 5	4.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.2%
75 and over	8.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Wing	Zumbrota
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	92.9%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Wing	Zumbrota
No high school diploma	8.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	34.6%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Wing	Zumbrota
Drove alone	76.7%	75.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.3%
Public transit	1.5%	3.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Wing	Zumbrota
1-unit, detached	57.2%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	13.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Red Wing	Zumbrota
Poverty rate	14.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1972	1980