Bluffton vs Erhard

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffton and Erhard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluffton has the higher population (260 vs 156 in Erhard). Bluffton has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $103,100 in Erhard). Since 2019, Erhard's population has grown faster (+52.9% vs +7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Erhard
Population	260	156
Median age	28.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,000	—
Median home value	$176,000	$103,100
Median gross rent	$858	—
Housing units	94	63
Homeownership rate	79.8%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Erhard
Population	241 → 260 (+7.9%)	102 → 156 (+52.9%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $87,000 (+94.7%)	$38,750 → $66,250 (+71.0%)
Median home value	$130,600 → $176,000 (+34.8%)	$66,500 → $103,100 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $858 (+3.5%)	—

Bluffton

Population

241260

Median household income

$44,688$87,000

Median home value

$130,600$176,000

Median gross rent

$829$858

Erhard

Population

102156

Median household income

$38,750$66,250

Median home value

$66,500$103,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Erhard
Under 5	9.6%	1.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	26.3%
18 to 24	18.1%	0.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	4.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	25.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	12.2%
75 and over	3.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Erhard
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	69.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Erhard
No high school diploma	12.4%	32.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Erhard
Drove alone	77.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	13.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Erhard
1-unit, detached	83.0%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Erhard
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1974	1946