Excelsior vs Greenfield

A side-by-side comparison of Excelsior and Greenfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenfield has the higher population (2,897 vs 2,359 in Excelsior). Greenfield has the higher median household income ($147,184 vs $108,611 in Excelsior). Excelsior has the higher median home value ($839,500 vs $524,300 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior	Greenfield
Population	2,359	2,897
Median age	43.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,611	$147,184
Median home value	$839,500	$524,300
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,083
Housing units	1,417	1,026
Homeownership rate	48.8%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior	Greenfield
Population	2,434 → 2,359 (-3.1%)	2,986 → 2,897 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $108,611 (+55.2%)	$116,250 → $147,184 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$617,100 → $839,500 (+36.0%)	$428,300 → $524,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,125 (+18.5%)	$1,313 → $1,083 (-17.5%)

Excelsior

Population

2,4342,359

Median household income

$70,000$108,611

Median home value

$617,100$839,500

Median gross rent

$949$1,125

Greenfield

Population

2,9862,897

Median household income

$116,250$147,184

Median home value

$428,300$524,300

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior	Greenfield
Under 5	3.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	11.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	5.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	7.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	21.2%	17.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.7%
75 and over	7.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior	Greenfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior	Greenfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	22.5%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior	Greenfield
Drove alone	73.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	15.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior	Greenfield
1-unit, detached	44.9%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior	Greenfield
Poverty rate	9.8%	1.1%
Average household size	1.96	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1968	1992