Foreston vs Wahkon

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

Foreston and Wahkon 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 249 in Wahkon). Foreston has the higher median household income ($94,219 vs $52,656 in Wahkon). Foreston has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $197,500 in Wahkon).

Population, income & housing

	Foreston	Wahkon
Population	735	249
Median age	34.1 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,219	$52,656
Median home value	$247,900	$197,500
Median gross rent	$1,167	$858
Housing units	253	202
Homeownership rate	89.6%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foreston	Wahkon
Population	471 → 735 (+56.1%)	256 → 249 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$57,000 → $94,219 (+65.3%)	$40,000 → $52,656 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$149,400 → $247,900 (+65.9%)	$185,700 → $197,500 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,167 (+46.8%)	$711 → $858 (+20.7%)

Foreston

Population

471735

Median household income

$57,000$94,219

Median home value

$149,400$247,900

Median gross rent

$795$1,167

Wahkon

Population

256249

Median household income

$40,000$52,656

Median home value

$185,700$197,500

Median gross rent

$711$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foreston	Wahkon
Under 5	6.1%	0.8%
5 to 17	29.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	20.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	4.2%	22.9%
65 to 74	4.5%	18.9%
75 and over	3.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foreston	Wahkon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	8.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foreston	Wahkon
No high school diploma	8.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	29.8%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foreston	Wahkon
Drove alone	69.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	16.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foreston	Wahkon
1-unit, detached	89.7%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Foreston	Wahkon
Poverty rate	4.8%	10.3%
Average household size	2.95	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	2001	1976