Greenfield vs Wayzata

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

Greenfield 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 2,897 in Greenfield). Greenfield has the higher median household income ($147,184 vs $125,344 in Wayzata). Wayzata has the higher median home value ($1,047,400 vs $524,300 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Wayzata
Population	2,897	4,363
Median age	44.8 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$147,184	$125,344
Median home value	$524,300	$1,047,400
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,507
Housing units	1,026	2,566
Homeownership rate	97.9%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Wayzata
Population	2,986 → 2,897 (-3.0%)	4,561 → 4,363 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$116,250 → $147,184 (+26.6%)	$86,852 → $125,344 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$428,300 → $524,300 (+22.4%)	$523,600 → $1,047,400 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,083 (-17.5%)	$1,163 → $1,507 (+29.6%)

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

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)

	Greenfield	Wayzata
Under 5	3.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	7.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	6.6%
45 to 54	16.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	15.7%
75 and over	4.7%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Wayzata
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	87.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Wayzata
No high school diploma	1.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	19.0%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	45.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Wayzata
Drove alone	83.0%	62.7%
Carpooled	1.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	31.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Wayzata
1-unit, detached	93.5%	39.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	41.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Wayzata
Poverty rate	1.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	36	18
Median year structure built	1992	1985