Excelsior vs Wayzata

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

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

Wayzata has the higher population (4,363 vs 2,359 in Excelsior). Wayzata has the higher median household income ($125,344 vs $108,611 in Excelsior). Wayzata has the higher median home value ($1,047,400 vs $839,500 in Excelsior).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior	Wayzata
Population	2,359	4,363
Median age	43.3 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,611	$125,344
Median home value	$839,500	$1,047,400
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,507
Housing units	1,417	2,566
Homeownership rate	48.8%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior	Wayzata
Population	2,434 → 2,359 (-3.1%)	4,561 → 4,363 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $108,611 (+55.2%)	$86,852 → $125,344 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$617,100 → $839,500 (+36.0%)	$523,600 → $1,047,400 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,125 (+18.5%)	$1,163 → $1,507 (+29.6%)

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

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)

	Excelsior	Wayzata
Under 5	3.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	7.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	6.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	21.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	15.7%
75 and over	7.3%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior	Wayzata
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior	Wayzata
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	22.5%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	45.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior	Wayzata
Drove alone	73.9%	62.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	31.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior	Wayzata
1-unit, detached	44.9%	39.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	9.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	41.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior	Wayzata
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.3%
Average household size	1.96	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1968	1985