Currie vs Slayton

A side-by-side comparison of Currie and Slayton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Slayton has the higher population (2,089 vs 242 in Currie). Slayton has the higher median household income ($65,724 vs $46,250 in Currie). Slayton has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $71,500 in Currie).

Population, income & housing

	Currie	Slayton
Population	242	2,089
Median age	56.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$65,724
Median home value	$71,500	$160,400
Median gross rent	$960	$718
Housing units	135	1,047
Homeownership rate	93.5%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Currie	Slayton
Population	200 → 242 (+21.0%)	2,002 → 2,089 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $46,250 (+13.6%)	$49,474 → $65,724 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$52,200 → $71,500 (+37.0%)	$93,100 → $160,400 (+72.3%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $960 (+26.6%)	$488 → $718 (+47.1%)

Currie

Population

200242

Median household income

$40,714$46,250

Median home value

$52,200$71,500

Median gross rent

$758$960

Slayton

Population

2,0022,089

Median household income

$49,474$65,724

Median home value

$93,100$160,400

Median gross rent

$488$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Currie	Slayton
Under 5	6.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	0.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	7.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	27.3%	11.6%
75 and over	11.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Currie	Slayton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Currie	Slayton
No high school diploma	12.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	45.9%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Currie	Slayton
Drove alone	78.5%	71.0%
Carpooled	15.1%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.1%	5.1%
Other means	3.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Currie	Slayton
1-unit, detached	94.8%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Currie	Slayton
Poverty rate	18.2%	11.5%
Average household size	1.97	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1952	1966