Atwater vs New London

A side-by-side comparison of Atwater and New London: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atwater has the higher population (1,217 vs 1,156 in New London). New London has the higher median household income ($66,830 vs $66,071 in Atwater). New London has the higher median home value ($209,300 vs $144,300 in Atwater).

Population, income & housing

	Atwater	New London
Population	1,217	1,156
Median age	31.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,071	$66,830
Median home value	$144,300	$209,300
Median gross rent	$736	$960
Housing units	451	536
Homeownership rate	79.5%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwater	New London
Population	1,014 → 1,217 (+20.0%)	1,197 → 1,156 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$54,926 → $66,071 (+20.3%)	$53,456 → $66,830 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $144,300 (+51.7%)	$160,700 → $209,300 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $736 (+4.5%)	$832 → $960 (+15.4%)

Atwater

Population

1,0141,217

Median household income

$54,926$66,071

Median home value

$95,100$144,300

Median gross rent

$704$736

New London

Population

1,1971,156

Median household income

$53,456$66,830

Median home value

$160,700$209,300

Median gross rent

$832$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwater	New London
Under 5	5.8%	8.3%
5 to 17	28.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.6%
65 to 74	4.9%	6.0%
75 and over	5.8%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwater	New London
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwater	New London
No high school diploma	2.7%	10.6%
High school graduate	40.2%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwater	New London
Drove alone	87.2%	86.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwater	New London
1-unit, detached	80.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Atwater	New London
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1973	1978