Foreston vs Isle

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

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

Isle has the higher population (747 vs 735 in Foreston). Foreston has the higher median household income ($94,219 vs $53,056 in Isle). Foreston has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $212,500 in Isle).

Population, income & housing

	Foreston	Isle
Population	735	747
Median age	34.1 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,219	$53,056
Median home value	$247,900	$212,500
Median gross rent	$1,167	$823
Housing units	253	524
Homeownership rate	89.6%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foreston	Isle
Population	471 → 735 (+56.1%)	718 → 747 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$57,000 → $94,219 (+65.3%)	$31,111 → $53,056 (+70.5%)
Median home value	$149,400 → $247,900 (+65.9%)	$148,700 → $212,500 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,167 (+46.8%)	$521 → $823 (+58.0%)

Foreston

Population

471735

Median household income

$57,000$94,219

Median home value

$149,400$247,900

Median gross rent

$795$1,167

Isle

Population

718747

Median household income

$31,111$53,056

Median home value

$148,700$212,500

Median gross rent

$521$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foreston	Isle
Under 5	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	29.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	20.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	4.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	4.5%	15.3%
75 and over	3.7%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foreston	Isle
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	10.4%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foreston	Isle
No high school diploma	8.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	29.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foreston	Isle
Drove alone	69.3%	64.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	1.0%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foreston	Isle
1-unit, detached	89.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Foreston	Isle
Poverty rate	4.8%	16.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	2001	1978