Plato vs Winsted

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

Plato 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 193 in Plato). Plato has the higher median household income ($99,375 vs $70,208 in Winsted). Plato has the higher median home value ($228,900 vs $210,200 in Winsted).

Population, income & housing

	Plato	Winsted
Population	193	2,023
Median age	40.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$99,375	$70,208
Median home value	$228,900	$210,200
Median gross rent	—	$797
Housing units	88	1,025
Homeownership rate	98.8%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plato	Winsted
Population	252 → 193 (-23.4%)	2,180 → 2,023 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$52,361 → $99,375 (+89.8%)	$59,286 → $70,208 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $228,900 (+40.9%)	$159,300 → $210,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$706 → $797 (+12.9%)

Plato

Population

252193

Median household income

$52,361$99,375

Median home value

$162,500$228,900

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)

	Plato	Winsted
Under 5	2.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	13.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	20.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	5.7%	21.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	8.7%
75 and over	3.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plato	Winsted
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plato	Winsted
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plato	Winsted
Drove alone	89.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plato	Winsted
1-unit, detached	100.0%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Plato	Winsted
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1973	1974