Little Falls vs Upsala

A side-by-side comparison of Little Falls and Upsala: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Little Falls has the higher population (9,094 vs 394 in Upsala). Upsala has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $46,284 in Little Falls). Little Falls has the higher median home value ($198,100 vs $143,400 in Upsala).

Population, income & housing

	Little Falls	Upsala
Population	9,094	394
Median age	41.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,284	$61,250
Median home value	$198,100	$143,400
Median gross rent	$740	$725
Housing units	4,243	197
Homeownership rate	66.4%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Falls	Upsala
Population	8,664 → 9,094 (+5.0%)	497 → 394 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$40,031 → $46,284 (+15.6%)	$57,500 → $61,250 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$128,400 → $198,100 (+54.3%)	$137,500 → $143,400 (+4.3%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $740 (-7.4%)	$675 → $725 (+7.4%)

Little Falls

Population

8,6649,094

Median household income

$40,031$46,284

Median home value

$128,400$198,100

Median gross rent

$799$740

Upsala

Population

497394

Median household income

$57,500$61,250

Median home value

$137,500$143,400

Median gross rent

$675$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Falls	Upsala
Under 5	4.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.4%
75 and over	13.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Falls	Upsala
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Falls	Upsala
No high school diploma	8.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Falls	Upsala
Drove alone	77.8%	72.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	11.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.1%
Other means	2.1%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Falls	Upsala
1-unit, detached	70.9%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	10.7%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Little Falls	Upsala
Poverty rate	16.1%	3.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1969	1967