Eyota vs High Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Eyota and High Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eyota has the higher population (2,090 vs 132 in High Forest). High Forest has the higher median household income ($120,625 vs $83,684 in Eyota). High Forest has the higher median home value ($297,900 vs $266,800 in Eyota).

Population, income & housing

	Eyota	High Forest
Population	2,090	132
Median age	37.1 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,684	$120,625
Median home value	$266,800	$297,900
Median gross rent	$843	—
Housing units	903	46
Homeownership rate	74.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eyota	High Forest
Population	2,035 → 2,090 (+2.7%)	118 → 132 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$71,650 → $83,684 (+16.8%)	$99,063 → $120,625 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$178,200 → $266,800 (+49.7%)	$293,800 → $297,900 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $843 (+24.2%)	—

Eyota

Population

2,0352,090

Median household income

$71,650$83,684

Median home value

$178,200$266,800

Median gross rent

$679$843

High Forest

Population

118132

Median household income

$99,063$120,625

Median home value

$293,800$297,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eyota	High Forest
Under 5	8.9%	12.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	5.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	22.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.9%
75 and over	7.2%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eyota	High Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	98.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eyota	High Forest
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.2%
High school graduate	31.1%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eyota	High Forest
Drove alone	84.6%	69.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	3.8%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	26.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eyota	High Forest
1-unit, detached	72.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eyota	High Forest
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.48	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1979	1959