Kandiyohi vs Pennock

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

Kandiyohi 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 459 in Kandiyohi). Kandiyohi has the higher median household income ($73,571 vs $68,846 in Pennock). Kandiyohi has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $140,500 in Pennock).

Population, income & housing

	Kandiyohi	Pennock
Population	459	510
Median age	38.4 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,571	$68,846
Median home value	$158,300	$140,500
Median gross rent	$818	$1,098
Housing units	228	209
Homeownership rate	70.1%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kandiyohi	Pennock
Population	554 → 459 (-17.1%)	557 → 510 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$58,636 → $73,571 (+25.5%)	$67,500 → $68,846 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $158,300 (+26.6%)	$118,800 → $140,500 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $818 (+21.2%)	$632 → $1,098 (+73.7%)

Kandiyohi

Population

554459

Median household income

$58,636$73,571

Median home value

$125,000$158,300

Median gross rent

$675$818

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)

	Kandiyohi	Pennock
Under 5	6.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	25.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.7%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	3.9%
75 and over	3.9%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kandiyohi	Pennock
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	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	12.9%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kandiyohi	Pennock
No high school diploma	5.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	27.3%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kandiyohi	Pennock
Drove alone	75.6%	76.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	12.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kandiyohi	Pennock
1-unit, detached	64.9%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Kandiyohi	Pennock
Poverty rate	10.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1977	1973