Northrop vs Sherburn

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

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

Sherburn has the higher population (946 vs 212 in Northrop). Northrop has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $63,026 in Sherburn). Northrop has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $97,900 in Sherburn).

Population, income & housing

	Northrop	Sherburn
Population	212	946
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$63,026
Median home value	$118,800	$97,900
Median gross rent	$667	$734
Housing units	110	419
Homeownership rate	80.4%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northrop	Sherburn
Population	179 → 212 (+18.4%)	1,033 → 946 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $63,750 (+36.0%)	$52,857 → $63,026 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $118,800 (+82.8%)	$73,900 → $97,900 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $667 (+14.4%)	$701 → $734 (+4.7%)

Northrop

Population

179212

Median household income

$46,875$63,750

Median home value

$65,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$583$667

Sherburn

Population

1,033946

Median household income

$52,857$63,026

Median home value

$73,900$97,900

Median gross rent

$701$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northrop	Sherburn
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.3%
35 to 44	22.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	3.3%	6.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	19.8%	15.1%
75 and over	8.5%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northrop	Sherburn
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northrop	Sherburn
No high school diploma	8.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	44.1%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northrop	Sherburn
Drove alone	87.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	7.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northrop	Sherburn
1-unit, detached	95.5%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Northrop	Sherburn
Poverty rate	13.2%	18.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1963	1954