Excelsior vs Independence

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

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

Independence has the higher population (3,695 vs 2,359 in Excelsior). Independence has the higher median household income ($194,205 vs $108,611 in Excelsior). Excelsior has the higher median home value ($839,500 vs $757,800 in Independence).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior	Independence
Population	2,359	3,695
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,611	$194,205
Median home value	$839,500	$757,800
Median gross rent	$1,125	$3,500
Housing units	1,417	1,360
Homeownership rate	48.8%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior	Independence
Population	2,434 → 2,359 (-3.1%)	3,776 → 3,695 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $108,611 (+55.2%)	$129,732 → $194,205 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$617,100 → $839,500 (+36.0%)	$502,900 → $757,800 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,125 (+18.5%)	$1,637 → $3,500 (+113.8%)

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

Independence

Population

3,7763,695

Median household income

$129,732$194,205

Median home value

$502,900$757,800

Median gross rent

$1,637$3,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior	Independence
Under 5	3.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	3.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	7.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	21.2%	18.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.9%
75 and over	7.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior	Independence
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	22.5%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	41.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior	Independence
Drove alone	73.9%	60.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	27.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior	Independence
1-unit, detached	44.9%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior	Independence
Poverty rate	9.8%	0.5%
Average household size	1.96	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1968	1989