Elmdale vs Harding

A side-by-side comparison of Elmdale and Harding: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elmdale has the higher population (185 vs 138 in Harding). Elmdale has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $70,000 in Harding). Elmdale has the higher median home value ($268,800 vs $159,700 in Harding).

Population, income & housing

	Elmdale	Harding
Population	185	138
Median age	48.7 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$141,250	$70,000
Median home value	$268,800	$159,700
Housing units	58	44
Homeownership rate	81.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmdale	Harding
Population	81 → 185 (+128.4%)	141 → 138 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $141,250 (+175.6%)	$52,500 → $70,000 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $268,800 (+126.3%)	$100,000 → $159,700 (+59.7%)

Elmdale

Population

81185

Median household income

$51,250$141,250

Median home value

$118,800$268,800

Harding

Population

141138

Median household income

$52,500$70,000

Median home value

$100,000$159,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmdale	Harding
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	16.8%	2.2%
25 to 34	5.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	31.4%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	21.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	13.8%
75 and over	7.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmdale	Harding
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmdale	Harding
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	38.0%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	51.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmdale	Harding
Drove alone	88.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	20.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmdale	Harding
1-unit, detached	96.6%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Elmdale	Harding
Poverty rate	2.7%	17.4%
Average household size	3.19	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1962	1958