Balaton vs Minneota

A side-by-side comparison of Balaton and Minneota: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Minneota has the higher population (1,531 vs 544 in Balaton). Minneota has the higher median household income ($72,396 vs $54,091 in Balaton). Minneota has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $85,000 in Balaton).

Population, income & housing

	Balaton	Minneota
Population	544	1,531
Median age	46.7 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,091	$72,396
Median home value	$85,000	$158,100
Median gross rent	$1,081	$629
Housing units	279	677
Homeownership rate	76.2%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balaton	Minneota
Population	600 → 544 (-9.3%)	1,282 → 1,531 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $54,091 (+7.5%)	$64,500 → $72,396 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $85,000 (+17.2%)	$108,900 → $158,100 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $1,081 (+88.7%)	$685 → $629 (-8.2%)

Balaton

Population

600544

Median household income

$50,313$54,091

Median home value

$72,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$573$1,081

Minneota

Population

1,2821,531

Median household income

$64,500$72,396

Median home value

$108,900$158,100

Median gross rent

$685$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balaton	Minneota
Under 5	6.8%	10.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	18.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	4.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.9%
75 and over	11.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balaton	Minneota
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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	6.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balaton	Minneota
No high school diploma	1.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	36.8%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balaton	Minneota
Drove alone	78.9%	71.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balaton	Minneota
1-unit, detached	93.9%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	6.5%
20 or more units	4.3%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Balaton	Minneota
Poverty rate	13.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.06	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1950	1968