Middle River vs Newfolden

A side-by-side comparison of Middle River and Newfolden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newfolden has the higher population (468 vs 281 in Middle River). Newfolden has the higher median household income ($69,000 vs $57,188 in Middle River). Newfolden has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $103,500 in Middle River).

Population, income & housing

	Middle River	Newfolden
Population	281	468
Median age	41.4 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,188	$69,000
Median home value	$103,500	$143,800
Median gross rent	$313	$883
Housing units	152	178
Homeownership rate	80.5%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle River	Newfolden
Population	268 → 281 (+4.9%)	438 → 468 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$35,952 → $57,188 (+59.1%)	$57,361 → $69,000 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $103,500 (+29.4%)	$106,500 → $143,800 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$427 → $313 (-26.7%)	$508 → $883 (+73.8%)

Middle River

Population

268281

Median household income

$35,952$57,188

Median home value

$80,000$103,500

Median gross rent

$427$313

Newfolden

Population

438468

Median household income

$57,361$69,000

Median home value

$106,500$143,800

Median gross rent

$508$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middle River	Newfolden
Under 5	2.5%	9.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.8%
25 to 34	6.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	21.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	5.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.5%
75 and over	12.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle River	Newfolden
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle River	Newfolden
No high school diploma	7.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	51.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle River	Newfolden
Drove alone	83.0%	70.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle River	Newfolden
1-unit, detached	69.7%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	8.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Middle River	Newfolden
Poverty rate	14.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1961	1971