Cedar Mills vs Watkins

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

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

Watkins has the higher population (797 vs 30 in Cedar Mills). Since 2019, Watkins's population has grown faster (-15.6% vs -43.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Mills	Watkins
Population	30	797
Median age	47.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,875
Median home value	—	$136,800
Median gross rent	—	$760
Housing units	17	398
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Mills	Watkins
Population	53 → 30 (-43.4%)	944 → 797 (-15.6%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $52,500 (-21.5%)	$41,333 → $50,875 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $96,700 (+33.4%)	$99,700 → $136,800 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$492 → $760 (+54.5%)

Cedar Mills

Population

5330

Median household income

$66,875$52,500

Median home value

$72,500$96,700

Watkins

Population

944797

Median household income

$41,333$50,875

Median home value

$99,700$136,800

Median gross rent

$492$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Mills	Watkins
Under 5	6.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	18.2%
55 to 64	36.7%	8.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.5%
75 and over	6.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Mills	Watkins
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Mills	Watkins
No high school diploma	21.7%	12.1%
High school graduate	47.8%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Mills	Watkins
Drove alone	80.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Mills	Watkins
1-unit, detached	100.0%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Mills	Watkins
Poverty rate	6.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1951	1975