Ceylon vs Northrop

A side-by-side comparison of Ceylon and Northrop: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ceylon has the higher population (255 vs 212 in Northrop). Northrop has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $32,206 in Ceylon). Northrop has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $36,800 in Ceylon).

Population, income & housing

	Ceylon	Northrop
Population	255	212
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,206	$63,750
Median home value	$36,800	$118,800
Median gross rent	$579	$667
Housing units	165	110
Homeownership rate	82.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceylon	Northrop
Population	332 → 255 (-23.2%)	179 → 212 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $32,206 (-24.2%)	$46,875 → $63,750 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$34,100 → $36,800 (+7.9%)	$65,000 → $118,800 (+82.8%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $579 (+0.2%)	$583 → $667 (+14.4%)

Ceylon

Population

332255

Median household income

$42,500$32,206

Median home value

$34,100$36,800

Median gross rent

$578$579

Northrop

Population

179212

Median household income

$46,875$63,750

Median home value

$65,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$583$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceylon	Northrop
Under 5	2.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	13.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	4.7%	22.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	3.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	19.8%
75 and over	12.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceylon	Northrop
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceylon	Northrop
No high school diploma	15.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceylon	Northrop
Drove alone	82.0%	87.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceylon	Northrop
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ceylon	Northrop
Poverty rate	9.5%	13.2%
Average household size	1.82	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1940	1963