Bock vs Foreston

A side-by-side comparison of Bock and Foreston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Foreston has the higher population (735 vs 57 in Bock). Foreston has the higher median household income ($94,219 vs $64,375 in Bock). Foreston has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $133,900 in Bock).

Population, income & housing

	Bock	Foreston
Population	57	735
Median age	51.7 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$94,219
Median home value	$133,900	$247,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,167
Housing units	39	253
Homeownership rate	93.1%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bock	Foreston
Population	104 → 57 (-45.2%)	471 → 735 (+56.1%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $64,375 (+47.1%)	$57,000 → $94,219 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $133,900 (+60.2%)	$149,400 → $247,900 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,125 (+2.3%)	$795 → $1,167 (+46.8%)

Bock

Population

10457

Median household income

$43,750$64,375

Median home value

$83,600$133,900

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,125

Foreston

Population

471735

Median household income

$57,000$94,219

Median home value

$149,400$247,900

Median gross rent

$795$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bock	Foreston
Under 5	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	8.8%	29.9%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	24.6%	20.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	4.2%
65 to 74	15.8%	4.5%
75 and over	15.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bock	Foreston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bock	Foreston
No high school diploma	14.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bock	Foreston
Drove alone	64.7%	69.3%
Carpooled	14.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.8%
Other means	5.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bock	Foreston
1-unit, detached	87.2%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Bock	Foreston
Poverty rate	8.8%	4.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1951	2001