Ceylon vs Welcome

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

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

Welcome has the higher population (977 vs 255 in Ceylon). Welcome has the higher median household income ($55,357 vs $32,206 in Ceylon). Welcome has the higher median home value ($91,300 vs $36,800 in Ceylon).

Population, income & housing

	Ceylon	Welcome
Population	255	977
Median age	39.2 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$32,206	$55,357
Median home value	$36,800	$91,300
Median gross rent	$579	$625
Housing units	165	391
Homeownership rate	82.9%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceylon	Welcome
Population	332 → 255 (-23.2%)	696 → 977 (+40.4%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $32,206 (-24.2%)	$48,958 → $55,357 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$34,100 → $36,800 (+7.9%)	$84,800 → $91,300 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $579 (+0.2%)	$580 → $625 (+7.8%)

Ceylon

Population

332255

Median household income

$42,500$32,206

Median home value

$34,100$36,800

Median gross rent

$578$579

Welcome

Population

696977

Median household income

$48,958$55,357

Median home value

$84,800$91,300

Median gross rent

$580$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceylon	Welcome
Under 5	2.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	23.3%
18 to 24	13.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	16.9%
35 to 44	4.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	5.0%
75 and over	12.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceylon	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceylon	Welcome
No high school diploma	15.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceylon	Welcome
Drove alone	82.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceylon	Welcome
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Ceylon	Welcome
Poverty rate	9.5%	13.2%
Average household size	1.82	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1940	1953