Atwater vs Prinsburg

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

Atwater and Prinsburg 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 615 in Prinsburg). Prinsburg has the higher median household income ($105,323 vs $66,071 in Atwater). Prinsburg has the higher median home value ($186,800 vs $144,300 in Atwater).

Population, income & housing

	Atwater	Prinsburg
Population	1,217	615
Median age	31.7 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,071	$105,323
Median home value	$144,300	$186,800
Median gross rent	$736	$933
Housing units	451	231
Homeownership rate	79.5%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwater	Prinsburg
Population	1,014 → 1,217 (+20.0%)	532 → 615 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$54,926 → $66,071 (+20.3%)	$58,036 → $105,323 (+81.5%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $144,300 (+51.7%)	$132,700 → $186,800 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $736 (+4.5%)	$733 → $933 (+27.3%)

Atwater

Population

1,0141,217

Median household income

$54,926$66,071

Median home value

$95,100$144,300

Median gross rent

$704$736

Prinsburg

Population

532615

Median household income

$58,036$105,323

Median home value

$132,700$186,800

Median gross rent

$733$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwater	Prinsburg
Under 5	5.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	28.1%	23.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	12.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	4.4%
65 to 74	4.9%	6.7%
75 and over	5.8%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwater	Prinsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwater	Prinsburg
No high school diploma	2.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwater	Prinsburg
Drove alone	87.2%	74.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.4%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwater	Prinsburg
1-unit, detached	80.5%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atwater	Prinsburg
Poverty rate	4.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1973	1971