Litchfield vs Watkins

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

Litchfield and Watkins 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 797 in Watkins). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($57,539 vs $50,875 in Watkins). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($183,900 vs $136,800 in Watkins).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	Watkins
Population	6,599	797
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,539	$50,875
Median home value	$183,900	$136,800
Median gross rent	$917	$760
Housing units	3,112	398
Homeownership rate	68.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	Watkins
Population	6,631 → 6,599 (-0.5%)	944 → 797 (-15.6%)
Median household income	$56,941 → $57,539 (+1.1%)	$41,333 → $50,875 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$136,200 → $183,900 (+35.0%)	$99,700 → $136,800 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $917 (+22.3%)	$492 → $760 (+54.5%)

Litchfield

Population

6,6316,599

Median household income

$56,941$57,539

Median home value

$136,200$183,900

Median gross rent

$750$917

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)

	Litchfield	Watkins
Under 5	6.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	18.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.5%
75 and over	13.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	Watkins
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	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	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	Watkins
No high school diploma	5.7%	12.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	Watkins
Drove alone	87.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	Watkins
1-unit, detached	67.4%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	8.3%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	Watkins
Poverty rate	9.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1972	1975