Deer Creek vs Ottertail

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Creek and Ottertail: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ottertail has the higher population (490 vs 273 in Deer Creek). Ottertail has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $55,000 in Deer Creek). Ottertail has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $123,100 in Deer Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Creek	Ottertail
Population	273	490
Median age	38.3 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$83,750
Median home value	$123,100	$262,500
Median gross rent	$388	$1,047
Housing units	144	396
Homeownership rate	86.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Creek	Ottertail
Population	227 → 273 (+20.3%)	575 → 490 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $55,000 (+57.1%)	$66,875 → $83,750 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $123,100 (+39.6%)	$182,100 → $262,500 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$336 → $388 (+15.5%)	$856 → $1,047 (+22.3%)

Deer Creek

Population

227273

Median household income

$35,000$55,000

Median home value

$88,200$123,100

Median gross rent

$336$388

Ottertail

Population

575490

Median household income

$66,875$83,750

Median home value

$182,100$262,500

Median gross rent

$856$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Creek	Ottertail
Under 5	8.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	1.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	24.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	22.7%
75 and over	8.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Creek	Ottertail
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Creek	Ottertail
No high school diploma	11.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Creek	Ottertail
Drove alone	82.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	17.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Creek	Ottertail
1-unit, detached	80.6%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Deer Creek	Ottertail
Poverty rate	3.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1962	1996