Elmdale vs Sobieski

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

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

Sobieski has the higher population (187 vs 185 in Elmdale). Elmdale has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $80,417 in Sobieski). Elmdale has the higher median home value ($268,800 vs $165,200 in Sobieski).

Population, income & housing

	Elmdale	Sobieski
Population	185	187
Median age	48.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$141,250	$80,417
Median home value	$268,800	$165,200
Housing units	58	83
Homeownership rate	81.0%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmdale	Sobieski
Population	81 → 185 (+128.4%)	194 → 187 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $141,250 (+175.6%)	$55,313 → $80,417 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $268,800 (+126.3%)	$119,200 → $165,200 (+38.6%)

Elmdale

Population

81185

Median household income

$51,250$141,250

Median home value

$118,800$268,800

Sobieski

Population

194187

Median household income

$55,313$80,417

Median home value

$119,200$165,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmdale	Sobieski
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	16.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	6.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	31.4%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	4.9%	12.8%
75 and over	7.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmdale	Sobieski
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmdale	Sobieski
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	38.0%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	51.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmdale	Sobieski
Drove alone	88.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmdale	Sobieski
1-unit, detached	96.6%	94.0%
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%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmdale	Sobieski
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.8%
Average household size	3.19	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1962	1966