Deer River vs La Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Deer River and La Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

Deer River and La Prairie are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deer River has the higher population (887 vs 621 in La Prairie). La Prairie has the higher median household income ($75,192 vs $38,029 in Deer River). La Prairie has the higher median home value ($202,300 vs $100,000 in Deer River).

Population, income & housing

	Deer River	La Prairie
Population	887	621
Median age	32.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,029	$75,192
Median home value	$100,000	$202,300
Median gross rent	$680	$1,542
Housing units	382	240
Homeownership rate	64.3%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer River	La Prairie
Population	951 → 887 (-6.7%)	920 → 621 (-32.5%)
Median household income	$33,214 → $38,029 (+14.5%)	$57,212 → $75,192 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $100,000 (-0.6%)	$146,000 → $202,300 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $680 (+18.3%)	$636 → $1,542 (+142.5%)

Deer River

Population

951887

Median household income

$33,214$38,029

Median home value

$100,600$100,000

Median gross rent

$575$680

La Prairie

Population

920621

Median household income

$57,212$75,192

Median home value

$146,000$202,300

Median gross rent

$636$1,542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer River	La Prairie
Under 5	15.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	9.5%	27.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	1.6%
25 to 34	19.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	16.9%
75 and over	8.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer River	La Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.9%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer River	La Prairie
No high school diploma	11.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	47.6%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer River	La Prairie
Drove alone	75.1%	80.3%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	8.2%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer River	La Prairie
1-unit, detached	53.9%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Deer River	La Prairie
Poverty rate	33.1%	4.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1979	1977