Biscay vs Lester Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Biscay and Lester Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lester Prairie has the higher population (1,848 vs 180 in Biscay). Biscay has the higher median household income ($139,375 vs $87,188 in Lester Prairie). Lester Prairie has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $187,100 in Biscay).

Population, income & housing

	Biscay	Lester Prairie
Population	180	1,848
Median age	39.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$139,375	$87,188
Median home value	$187,100	$217,000
Median gross rent	$1,714	$735
Housing units	81	727
Homeownership rate	90.1%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biscay	Lester Prairie
Population	135 → 180 (+33.3%)	1,981 → 1,848 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $139,375 (+102.7%)	$59,688 → $87,188 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $187,100 (+101.2%)	$149,800 → $217,000 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,714 (+56.7%)	$543 → $735 (+35.4%)

Biscay

Population

135180

Median household income

$68,750$139,375

Median home value

$93,000$187,100

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,714

Lester Prairie

Population

1,9811,848

Median household income

$59,688$87,188

Median home value

$149,800$217,000

Median gross rent

$543$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biscay	Lester Prairie
Under 5	6.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	22.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	37.2%	17.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	8.4%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.5%
75 and over	3.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biscay	Lester Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biscay	Lester Prairie
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	65.3%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biscay	Lester Prairie
Drove alone	90.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biscay	Lester Prairie
1-unit, detached	97.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Biscay	Lester Prairie
Poverty rate	0.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.22	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1948	1975