High Forest vs Oronoco

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

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

Oronoco has the higher population (1,665 vs 132 in High Forest). Oronoco has the higher median household income ($146,875 vs $120,625 in High Forest). Oronoco has the higher median home value ($468,700 vs $297,900 in High Forest).

Population, income & housing

	High Forest	Oronoco
Population	132	1,665
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$120,625	$146,875
Median home value	$297,900	$468,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,063
Housing units	46	548
Homeownership rate	100.0%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	High Forest	Oronoco
Population	118 → 132 (+11.9%)	1,577 → 1,665 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$99,063 → $120,625 (+21.8%)	$121,250 → $146,875 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$293,800 → $297,900 (+1.4%)	$308,100 → $468,700 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$938 → $1,063 (+13.3%)

High Forest

Population

118132

Median household income

$99,063$120,625

Median home value

$293,800$297,900

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)

	High Forest	Oronoco
Under 5	12.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	28.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	20.4%
45 to 54	5.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	22.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.0%
75 and over	2.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	High Forest	Oronoco
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	High Forest	Oronoco
No high school diploma	1.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	40.0%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	High Forest	Oronoco
Drove alone	69.8%	73.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.4%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	High Forest	Oronoco
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	High Forest	Oronoco
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.4%
Average household size	3.22	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1959	1998