Cosmos vs Litchfield

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

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

Litchfield has the higher population (6,599 vs 529 in Cosmos). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($57,539 vs $50,833 in Cosmos). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($183,900 vs $95,000 in Cosmos).

Population, income & housing

	Cosmos	Litchfield
Population	529	6,599
Median age	47.3 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,833	$57,539
Median home value	$95,000	$183,900
Median gross rent	$699	$917
Housing units	260	3,112
Homeownership rate	81.5%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cosmos	Litchfield
Population	508 → 529 (+4.1%)	6,631 → 6,599 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $50,833 (+10.3%)	$56,941 → $57,539 (+1.1%)
Median home value	$70,100 → $95,000 (+35.5%)	$136,200 → $183,900 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $699 (+11.5%)	$750 → $917 (+22.3%)

Cosmos

Population

508529

Median household income

$46,094$50,833

Median home value

$70,100$95,000

Median gross rent

$627$699

Litchfield

Population

6,6316,599

Median household income

$56,941$57,539

Median home value

$136,200$183,900

Median gross rent

$750$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cosmos	Litchfield
Under 5	4.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	7.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	19.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	21.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.1%
75 and over	5.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cosmos	Litchfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cosmos	Litchfield
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	49.8%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cosmos	Litchfield
Drove alone	86.3%	87.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cosmos	Litchfield
1-unit, detached	81.5%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Cosmos	Litchfield
Poverty rate	16.8%	9.6%
Average household size	2.08	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1957	1972