Le Center vs Le Sueur

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

Le Center 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 2,514 in Le Center). Le Sueur has the higher median household income ($71,563 vs $66,864 in Le Center). Le Sueur has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $189,800 in Le Center).

Population, income & housing

	Le Center	Le Sueur
Population	2,514	4,204
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,864	$71,563
Median home value	$189,800	$216,700
Median gross rent	$856	$868
Housing units	1,034	1,957
Homeownership rate	69.7%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Le Center	Le Sueur
Population	2,475 → 2,514 (+1.6%)	4,018 → 4,204 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$54,659 → $66,864 (+22.3%)	$56,992 → $71,563 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$140,400 → $189,800 (+35.2%)	$142,600 → $216,700 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $856 (+21.9%)	$652 → $868 (+33.1%)

Le Center

Population

2,4752,514

Median household income

$54,659$66,864

Median home value

$140,400$189,800

Median gross rent

$702$856

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)

	Le Center	Le Sueur
Under 5	4.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	13.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.7%
75 and over	6.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Le Center	Le Sueur
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	0.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Le Center	Le Sueur
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Le Center	Le Sueur
Drove alone	80.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	5.5%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Le Center	Le Sueur
1-unit, detached	79.7%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	11.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Le Center	Le Sueur
Poverty rate	6.8%	17.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1961	1963