Elysian vs Le Sueur

A side-by-side comparison of Elysian and Le Sueur: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Le Sueur has the higher population (4,204 vs 663 in Elysian). Elysian has the higher median household income ($98,571 vs $71,563 in Le Sueur). Elysian has the higher median home value ($295,700 vs $216,700 in Le Sueur).

Population, income & housing

	Elysian	Le Sueur
Population	663	4,204
Median age	42.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,571	$71,563
Median home value	$295,700	$216,700
Median gross rent	$1,110	$868
Housing units	343	1,957
Homeownership rate	85.1%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elysian	Le Sueur
Population	650 → 663 (+2.0%)	4,018 → 4,204 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$68,036 → $98,571 (+44.9%)	$56,992 → $71,563 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$204,500 → $295,700 (+44.6%)	$142,600 → $216,700 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,110 (+53.1%)	$652 → $868 (+33.1%)

Elysian

Population

650663

Median household income

$68,036$98,571

Median home value

$204,500$295,700

Median gross rent

$725$1,110

Le Sueur

Population

4,0184,204

Median household income

$56,992$71,563

Median home value

$142,600$216,700

Median gross rent

$652$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elysian	Le Sueur
Under 5	7.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	17.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	8.7%
75 and over	8.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elysian	Le Sueur
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	76.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elysian	Le Sueur
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elysian	Le Sueur
Drove alone	82.6%	79.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.1%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	7.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elysian	Le Sueur
1-unit, detached	77.3%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Elysian	Le Sueur
Poverty rate	5.6%	17.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1987	1963