Eyota vs Oronoco

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

Eyota and Oronoco 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 1,665 in Oronoco). Oronoco has the higher median household income ($146,875 vs $83,684 in Eyota). Oronoco has the higher median home value ($468,700 vs $266,800 in Eyota).

Population, income & housing

	Eyota	Oronoco
Population	2,090	1,665
Median age	37.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,684	$146,875
Median home value	$266,800	$468,700
Median gross rent	$843	$1,063
Housing units	903	548
Homeownership rate	74.6%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eyota	Oronoco
Population	2,035 → 2,090 (+2.7%)	1,577 → 1,665 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$71,650 → $83,684 (+16.8%)	$121,250 → $146,875 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$178,200 → $266,800 (+49.7%)	$308,100 → $468,700 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $843 (+24.2%)	$938 → $1,063 (+13.3%)

Eyota

Population

2,0352,090

Median household income

$71,650$83,684

Median home value

$178,200$266,800

Median gross rent

$679$843

Oronoco

Population

1,5771,665

Median household income

$121,250$146,875

Median home value

$308,100$468,700

Median gross rent

$938$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eyota	Oronoco
Under 5	8.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	28.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	20.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	6.0%
75 and over	7.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eyota	Oronoco
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eyota	Oronoco
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	31.1%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eyota	Oronoco
Drove alone	84.6%	73.2%
Carpooled	2.6%	12.1%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	13.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eyota	Oronoco
1-unit, detached	72.9%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	1.5%
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	Oronoco
Poverty rate	7.3%	2.4%
Average household size	2.48	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1979	1998