Corcoran vs Orono

A side-by-side comparison of Corcoran and Orono: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orono has the higher population (8,205 vs 6,854 in Corcoran). Orono has the higher median household income ($181,875 vs $143,250 in Corcoran). Orono has the higher median home value ($952,400 vs $540,100 in Corcoran).

Population, income & housing

	Corcoran	Orono
Population	6,854	8,205
Median age	41.5 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$143,250	$181,875
Median home value	$540,100	$952,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,653
Housing units	2,527	3,449
Homeownership rate	94.7%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	68.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corcoran	Orono
Population	5,911 → 6,854 (+16.0%)	8,113 → 8,205 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$122,075 → $143,250 (+17.3%)	$159,028 → $181,875 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$335,300 → $540,100 (+61.1%)	$680,100 → $952,400 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,681 → $2,219 (+32.0%)	$1,460 → $1,653 (+13.2%)

Corcoran

Population

5,9116,854

Median household income

$122,075$143,250

Median home value

$335,300$540,100

Median gross rent

$1,681$2,219

Orono

Population

8,1138,205

Median household income

$159,028$181,875

Median home value

$680,100$952,400

Median gross rent

$1,460$1,653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corcoran	Orono
Under 5	8.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	4.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	20.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.1%
75 and over	10.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corcoran	Orono
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	13.8%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corcoran	Orono
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.2%
High school graduate	20.8%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	43.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corcoran	Orono
Drove alone	65.9%	63.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	1.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.4%	31.2%
Other means	2.8%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corcoran	Orono
1-unit, detached	92.9%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Corcoran	Orono
Poverty rate	3.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1984	1982