Lester Prairie vs Stewart

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

Lester Prairie and Stewart 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 570 in Stewart). Lester Prairie has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $62,692 in Stewart). Lester Prairie has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $115,900 in Stewart).

Population, income & housing

	Lester Prairie	Stewart
Population	1,848	570
Median age	36.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,188	$62,692
Median home value	$217,000	$115,900
Median gross rent	$735	$735
Housing units	727	249
Homeownership rate	85.8%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lester Prairie	Stewart
Population	1,981 → 1,848 (-6.7%)	490 → 570 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$59,688 → $87,188 (+46.1%)	$44,886 → $62,692 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$149,800 → $217,000 (+44.9%)	$68,400 → $115,900 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $735 (+35.4%)	$638 → $735 (+15.2%)

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

Stewart

Population

490570

Median household income

$44,886$62,692

Median home value

$68,400$115,900

Median gross rent

$638$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lester Prairie	Stewart
Under 5	7.0%	10.9%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	17.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.5%
75 and over	5.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lester Prairie	Stewart
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	75.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lester Prairie	Stewart
No high school diploma	9.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	32.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lester Prairie	Stewart
Drove alone	74.5%	90.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.8%	2.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lester Prairie	Stewart
1-unit, detached	80.6%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Lester Prairie	Stewart
Poverty rate	5.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1975	1954