Eitzen vs Houston

A side-by-side comparison of Eitzen and Houston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Houston has the higher population (883 vs 284 in Eitzen). Eitzen has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $50,667 in Houston). Houston has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $117,700 in Eitzen).

Population, income & housing

	Eitzen	Houston
Population	284	883
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$50,667
Median home value	$117,700	$152,100
Median gross rent	$542	$815
Housing units	137	405
Homeownership rate	82.1%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eitzen	Houston
Population	252 → 284 (+12.7%)	1,033 → 883 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$49,063 → $53,750 (+9.6%)	$43,393 → $50,667 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $117,700 (+17.7%)	$103,600 → $152,100 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $542 (-33.9%)	$639 → $815 (+27.5%)

Eitzen

Population

252284

Median household income

$49,063$53,750

Median home value

$100,000$117,700

Median gross rent

$820$542

Houston

Population

1,033883

Median household income

$43,393$50,667

Median home value

$103,600$152,100

Median gross rent

$639$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eitzen	Houston
Under 5	9.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	22.7%
18 to 24	0.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	4.2%	9.7%
75 and over	13.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eitzen	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eitzen	Houston
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	42.6%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eitzen	Houston
Drove alone	77.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.2%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eitzen	Houston
1-unit, detached	95.6%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Eitzen	Houston
Poverty rate	3.9%	13.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1955	1941