Blomkest vs Pennock

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

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

Pennock has the higher population (510 vs 146 in Blomkest). Pennock has the higher median household income ($68,846 vs $58,875 in Blomkest). Pennock has the higher median home value ($140,500 vs $104,200 in Blomkest).

Population, income & housing

	Blomkest	Pennock
Population	146	510
Median age	57.1 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,875	$68,846
Median home value	$104,200	$140,500
Median gross rent	$1,344	$1,098
Housing units	88	209
Homeownership rate	80.7%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blomkest	Pennock
Population	144 → 146 (+1.4%)	557 → 510 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$52,143 → $58,875 (+12.9%)	$67,500 → $68,846 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $104,200 (+7.4%)	$118,800 → $140,500 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,344 (+24.7%)	$632 → $1,098 (+73.7%)

Blomkest

Population

144146

Median household income

$52,143$58,875

Median home value

$97,000$104,200

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,344

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)

	Blomkest	Pennock
Under 5	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	25.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	19.9%	17.3%
35 to 44	6.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	4.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	24.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	17.8%	3.9%
75 and over	11.0%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blomkest	Pennock
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blomkest	Pennock
No high school diploma	13.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blomkest	Pennock
Drove alone	94.7%	76.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blomkest	Pennock
1-unit, detached	90.9%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Blomkest	Pennock
Poverty rate	3.4%	11.8%
Average household size	1.66	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1962	1973