Cedar Mills vs Cosmos

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Mills and Cosmos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cosmos has the higher population (529 vs 30 in Cedar Mills). Since 2019, Cosmos's population has grown faster (+4.1% vs -43.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Mills	Cosmos
Population	30	529
Median age	47.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,833
Median home value	—	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$699
Housing units	17	260
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Mills	Cosmos
Population	53 → 30 (-43.4%)	508 → 529 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $52,500 (-21.5%)	$46,094 → $50,833 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $96,700 (+33.4%)	$70,100 → $95,000 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$627 → $699 (+11.5%)

Cedar Mills

Population

5330

Median household income

$66,875$52,500

Median home value

$72,500$96,700

Cosmos

Population

508529

Median household income

$46,094$50,833

Median home value

$70,100$95,000

Median gross rent

$627$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Mills	Cosmos
Under 5	6.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	7.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	19.3%
55 to 64	36.7%	21.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.7%
75 and over	6.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Mills	Cosmos
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Mills	Cosmos
No high school diploma	21.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	47.8%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Mills	Cosmos
Drove alone	80.0%	86.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Mills	Cosmos
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Mills	Cosmos
Poverty rate	6.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1951	1957