Biscay vs Plato

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

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

Plato has the higher population (193 vs 180 in Biscay). Biscay has the higher median household income ($139,375 vs $99,375 in Plato). Plato has the higher median home value ($228,900 vs $187,100 in Biscay).

Population, income & housing

	Biscay	Plato
Population	180	193
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$139,375	$99,375
Median home value	$187,100	$228,900
Median gross rent	$1,714	—
Housing units	81	88
Homeownership rate	90.1%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biscay	Plato
Population	135 → 180 (+33.3%)	252 → 193 (-23.4%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $139,375 (+102.7%)	$52,361 → $99,375 (+89.8%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $187,100 (+101.2%)	$162,500 → $228,900 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,714 (+56.7%)	—

Biscay

Population

135180

Median household income

$68,750$139,375

Median home value

$93,000$187,100

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,714

Plato

Population

252193

Median household income

$52,361$99,375

Median home value

$162,500$228,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biscay	Plato
Under 5	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	8.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	37.2%	20.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	7.8%	5.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	17.1%
75 and over	3.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biscay	Plato
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	99.0%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biscay	Plato
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	27.9%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	65.3%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biscay	Plato
Drove alone	90.4%	89.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biscay	Plato
1-unit, detached	97.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Biscay	Plato
Poverty rate	0.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1948	1973