Atwater vs Pennock

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

Atwater and Pennock 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 510 in Pennock). Pennock has the higher median household income ($68,846 vs $66,071 in Atwater). Atwater has the higher median home value ($144,300 vs $140,500 in Pennock).

Population, income & housing

	Atwater	Pennock
Population	1,217	510
Median age	31.7 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,071	$68,846
Median home value	$144,300	$140,500
Median gross rent	$736	$1,098
Housing units	451	209
Homeownership rate	79.5%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwater	Pennock
Population	1,014 → 1,217 (+20.0%)	557 → 510 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$54,926 → $66,071 (+20.3%)	$67,500 → $68,846 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $144,300 (+51.7%)	$118,800 → $140,500 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $736 (+4.5%)	$632 → $1,098 (+73.7%)

Atwater

Population

1,0141,217

Median household income

$54,926$66,071

Median home value

$95,100$144,300

Median gross rent

$704$736

Pennock

Population

557510

Median household income

$67,500$68,846

Median home value

$118,800$140,500

Median gross rent

$632$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwater	Pennock
Under 5	5.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	28.1%	25.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	17.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.0%
65 to 74	4.9%	3.9%
75 and over	5.8%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwater	Pennock
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.5%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwater	Pennock
No high school diploma	2.7%	12.3%
High school graduate	40.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwater	Pennock
Drove alone	87.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	12.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwater	Pennock
1-unit, detached	80.5%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Atwater	Pennock
Poverty rate	4.9%	11.8%
Average household size	2.77	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1973	1973