Lester Prairie vs Winsted

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

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

Winsted has the higher population (2,023 vs 1,848 in Lester Prairie). Lester Prairie has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $70,208 in Winsted). Lester Prairie has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $210,200 in Winsted).

Population, income & housing

	Lester Prairie	Winsted
Population	1,848	2,023
Median age	36.1 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,188	$70,208
Median home value	$217,000	$210,200
Median gross rent	$735	$797
Housing units	727	1,025
Homeownership rate	85.8%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lester Prairie	Winsted
Population	1,981 → 1,848 (-6.7%)	2,180 → 2,023 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$59,688 → $87,188 (+46.1%)	$59,286 → $70,208 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$149,800 → $217,000 (+44.9%)	$159,300 → $210,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $735 (+35.4%)	$706 → $797 (+12.9%)

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

Winsted

Population

2,1802,023

Median household income

$59,286$70,208

Median home value

$159,300$210,200

Median gross rent

$706$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lester Prairie	Winsted
Under 5	7.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	13.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	21.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.7%
75 and over	5.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lester Prairie	Winsted
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
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%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lester Prairie	Winsted
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	32.9%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lester Prairie	Winsted
Drove alone	74.5%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	4.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lester Prairie	Winsted
1-unit, detached	80.6%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Lester Prairie	Winsted
Poverty rate	5.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1975	1974