Corcoran vs Wayzata

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

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

Corcoran has the higher population (6,854 vs 4,363 in Wayzata). Corcoran has the higher median household income ($143,250 vs $125,344 in Wayzata). Wayzata has the higher median home value ($1,047,400 vs $540,100 in Corcoran).

Population, income & housing

	Corcoran	Wayzata
Population	6,854	4,363
Median age	41.5 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$143,250	$125,344
Median home value	$540,100	$1,047,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,507
Housing units	2,527	2,566
Homeownership rate	94.7%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corcoran	Wayzata
Population	5,911 → 6,854 (+16.0%)	4,561 → 4,363 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$122,075 → $143,250 (+17.3%)	$86,852 → $125,344 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$335,300 → $540,100 (+61.1%)	$523,600 → $1,047,400 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,681 → $2,219 (+32.0%)	$1,163 → $1,507 (+29.6%)

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

Wayzata

Population

4,5614,363

Median household income

$86,852$125,344

Median home value

$523,600$1,047,400

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,507

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corcoran	Wayzata
Under 5	8.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	7.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	15.7%
75 and over	10.4%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corcoran	Wayzata
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	87.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	13.8%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corcoran	Wayzata
No high school diploma	3.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	45.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corcoran	Wayzata
Drove alone	65.9%	62.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.4%	31.2%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corcoran	Wayzata
1-unit, detached	92.9%	39.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	41.4%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Corcoran	Wayzata
Poverty rate	3.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1984	1985