Battle Lake vs Henning

A side-by-side comparison of Battle Lake and Henning: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Henning has the higher population (836 vs 794 in Battle Lake). Battle Lake has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $44,000 in Henning). Battle Lake has the higher median home value ($221,000 vs $127,400 in Henning).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Lake	Henning
Population	794	836
Median age	55.8 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$44,000
Median home value	$221,000	$127,400
Median gross rent	$920	$731
Housing units	479	449
Homeownership rate	62.5%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Lake	Henning
Population	670 → 794 (+18.5%)	853 → 836 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$40,667 → $58,125 (+42.9%)	$40,078 → $44,000 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$132,600 → $221,000 (+66.7%)	$86,600 → $127,400 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $920 (+29.9%)	$633 → $731 (+15.5%)

Battle Lake

Population

670794

Median household income

$40,667$58,125

Median home value

$132,600$221,000

Median gross rent

$708$920

Henning

Population

853836

Median household income

$40,078$44,000

Median home value

$86,600$127,400

Median gross rent

$633$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Lake	Henning
Under 5	2.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	6.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.0%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.4%
75 and over	21.2%	22.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Lake	Henning
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Lake	Henning
No high school diploma	4.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	31.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Lake	Henning
Drove alone	88.7%	85.6%
Carpooled	0.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	6.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Lake	Henning
1-unit, detached	72.2%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	17.1%
20 or more units	8.1%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Battle Lake	Henning
Poverty rate	5.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.01	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1973	1968