Houston vs Spring Grove

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

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

Spring Grove has the higher population (1,223 vs 883 in Houston). Spring Grove has the higher median household income ($60,221 vs $50,667 in Houston). Houston has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $148,200 in Spring Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Spring Grove
Population	883	1,223
Median age	40.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,667	$60,221
Median home value	$152,100	$148,200
Median gross rent	$815	$1,074
Housing units	405	661
Homeownership rate	71.4%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Spring Grove
Population	1,033 → 883 (-14.5%)	1,320 → 1,223 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$43,393 → $50,667 (+16.8%)	$48,854 → $60,221 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $152,100 (+46.8%)	$92,200 → $148,200 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $815 (+27.5%)	$627 → $1,074 (+71.3%)

Houston

Population

1,033883

Median household income

$43,393$50,667

Median home value

$103,600$152,100

Median gross rent

$639$815

Spring Grove

Population

1,3201,223

Median household income

$48,854$60,221

Median home value

$92,200$148,200

Median gross rent

$627$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Spring Grove
Under 5	3.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.4%
75 and over	11.1%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Spring Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Spring Grove
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Spring Grove
Drove alone	76.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	15.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.4%	6.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Spring Grove
1-unit, detached	82.5%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Spring Grove
Poverty rate	13.2%	9.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1941	1955