Middle River vs Viking

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

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

Middle River has the higher population (281 vs 120 in Viking). Viking has the higher median household income ($74,750 vs $57,188 in Middle River). Viking has the higher median home value ($130,000 vs $103,500 in Middle River).

Population, income & housing

	Middle River	Viking
Population	281	120
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,188	$74,750
Median home value	$103,500	$130,000
Median gross rent	$313	—
Housing units	152	57
Homeownership rate	80.5%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle River	Viking
Population	268 → 281 (+4.9%)	104 → 120 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$35,952 → $57,188 (+59.1%)	$43,750 → $74,750 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $103,500 (+29.4%)	$74,000 → $130,000 (+75.7%)
Median gross rent	$427 → $313 (-26.7%)	—

Middle River

Population

268281

Median household income

$35,952$57,188

Median home value

$80,000$103,500

Median gross rent

$427$313

Viking

Population

104120

Median household income

$43,750$74,750

Median home value

$74,000$130,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middle River	Viking
Under 5	2.5%	1.7%
5 to 17	22.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	21.7%	19.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	20.8%
75 and over	12.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle River	Viking
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	90.0%
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%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle River	Viking
No high school diploma	7.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	51.0%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle River	Viking
Drove alone	83.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle River	Viking
1-unit, detached	69.7%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Middle River	Viking
Poverty rate	14.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1961	1961