Middle River vs Stephen

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

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

Stephen has the higher population (524 vs 281 in Middle River). Stephen has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $57,188 in Middle River). Middle River has the higher median home value ($103,500 vs $83,800 in Stephen).

Population, income & housing

	Middle River	Stephen
Population	281	524
Median age	41.4 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,188	$63,750
Median home value	$103,500	$83,800
Median gross rent	$313	$871
Housing units	152	300
Homeownership rate	80.5%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle River	Stephen
Population	268 → 281 (+4.9%)	681 → 524 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$35,952 → $57,188 (+59.1%)	$58,594 → $63,750 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $103,500 (+29.4%)	$86,300 → $83,800 (-2.9%)
Median gross rent	$427 → $313 (-26.7%)	$645 → $871 (+35.0%)

Middle River

Population

268281

Median household income

$35,952$57,188

Median home value

$80,000$103,500

Median gross rent

$427$313

Stephen

Population

681524

Median household income

$58,594$63,750

Median home value

$86,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$645$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middle River	Stephen
Under 5	2.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	6.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	21.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	6.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	24.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.6%
75 and over	12.5%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle River	Stephen
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle River	Stephen
No high school diploma	7.1%	12.1%
High school graduate	51.0%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle River	Stephen
Drove alone	83.0%	83.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle River	Stephen
1-unit, detached	69.7%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Middle River	Stephen
Poverty rate	14.4%	12.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1961	1964