Prinsburg vs Willmar

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

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

Willmar has the higher population (21,136 vs 615 in Prinsburg). Prinsburg has the higher median household income ($105,323 vs $63,368 in Willmar). Prinsburg has the higher median home value ($186,800 vs $186,000 in Willmar).

Population, income & housing

	Prinsburg	Willmar
Population	615	21,136
Median age	28.4 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,323	$63,368
Median home value	$186,800	$186,000
Median gross rent	$933	$830
Housing units	231	8,880
Homeownership rate	88.1%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prinsburg	Willmar
Population	532 → 615 (+15.6%)	19,712 → 21,136 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$58,036 → $105,323 (+81.5%)	$47,826 → $63,368 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$132,700 → $186,800 (+40.8%)	$133,000 → $186,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $933 (+27.3%)	$785 → $830 (+5.7%)

Prinsburg

Population

532615

Median household income

$58,036$105,323

Median home value

$132,700$186,800

Median gross rent

$733$933

Willmar

Population

19,71221,136

Median household income

$47,826$63,368

Median home value

$133,000$186,000

Median gross rent

$785$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prinsburg	Willmar
Under 5	4.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	23.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	12.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	4.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.3%
75 and over	12.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prinsburg	Willmar
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	59.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prinsburg	Willmar
No high school diploma	7.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	19.2%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prinsburg	Willmar
Drove alone	74.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	13.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	4.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	4.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	3.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prinsburg	Willmar
1-unit, detached	91.8%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Prinsburg	Willmar
Poverty rate	7.2%	15.2%
Average household size	2.86	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1971	1976