Glencoe vs Lester Prairie

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

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

Glencoe has the higher population (5,702 vs 1,848 in Lester Prairie). Lester Prairie has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $63,967 in Glencoe). Lester Prairie has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $213,100 in Glencoe).

Population, income & housing

	Glencoe	Lester Prairie
Population	5,702	1,848
Median age	37.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,967	$87,188
Median home value	$213,100	$217,000
Median gross rent	$901	$735
Housing units	2,346	727
Homeownership rate	70.9%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glencoe	Lester Prairie
Population	5,495 → 5,702 (+3.8%)	1,981 → 1,848 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$52,599 → $63,967 (+21.6%)	$59,688 → $87,188 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $213,100 (+44.7%)	$149,800 → $217,000 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $901 (+30.8%)	$543 → $735 (+35.4%)

Glencoe

Population

5,4955,702

Median household income

$52,599$63,967

Median home value

$147,300$213,100

Median gross rent

$689$901

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)

	Glencoe	Lester Prairie
Under 5	4.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.5%
75 and over	12.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glencoe	Lester Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glencoe	Lester Prairie
No high school diploma	11.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	41.6%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glencoe	Lester Prairie
Drove alone	85.5%	74.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.8%	10.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glencoe	Lester Prairie
1-unit, detached	71.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Glencoe	Lester Prairie
Poverty rate	8.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1979	1975