Ashby vs Wendell

A side-by-side comparison of Ashby and Wendell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ashby has the higher population (411 vs 177 in Wendell). Wendell has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $55,250 in Ashby). Ashby has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $71,300 in Wendell).

Population, income & housing

	Ashby	Wendell
Population	411	177
Median age	41.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,250	$68,125
Median home value	$125,000	$71,300
Median gross rent	$815	$741
Housing units	210	79
Homeownership rate	67.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashby	Wendell
Population	474 → 411 (-13.3%)	115 → 177 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$46,429 → $55,250 (+19.0%)	$37,222 → $68,125 (+83.0%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $125,000 (+22.5%)	$50,600 → $71,300 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $815 (+7.7%)	$685 → $741 (+8.2%)

Ashby

Population

474411

Median household income

$46,429$55,250

Median home value

$102,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$757$815

Wendell

Population

115177

Median household income

$37,222$68,125

Median home value

$50,600$71,300

Median gross rent

$685$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashby	Wendell
Under 5	3.6%	10.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.7%
75 and over	14.8%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashby	Wendell
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	2.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashby	Wendell
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashby	Wendell
Drove alone	67.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	1.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	14.0%
Other means	3.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashby	Wendell
1-unit, detached	72.4%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Ashby	Wendell
Poverty rate	14.4%	23.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1954	1956