Herman vs Wendell

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

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

Herman has the higher population (428 vs 177 in Wendell). Herman has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $68,125 in Wendell). Herman has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $71,300 in Wendell).

Population, income & housing

	Herman	Wendell
Population	428	177
Median age	47.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	$68,125
Median home value	$102,100	$71,300
Median gross rent	$545	$741
Housing units	263	79
Homeownership rate	81.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herman	Wendell
Population	429 → 428 (-0.2%)	115 → 177 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $72,917 (+82.3%)	$37,222 → $68,125 (+83.0%)
Median home value	$77,700 → $102,100 (+31.4%)	$50,600 → $71,300 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $545 (+15.2%)	$685 → $741 (+8.2%)

Herman

Population

429428

Median household income

$40,000$72,917

Median home value

$77,700$102,100

Median gross rent

$473$545

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)

	Herman	Wendell
Under 5	1.9%	10.2%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	17.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	4.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	7.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	18.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.7%
75 and over	18.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herman	Wendell
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	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	0.5%	2.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herman	Wendell
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	30.4%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herman	Wendell
Drove alone	67.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	1.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herman	Wendell
1-unit, detached	84.0%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Herman	Wendell
Poverty rate	9.6%	23.2%
Average household size	2.03	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1965	1956