Deer Creek vs Vergas

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

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

Deer Creek has the higher population (273 vs 241 in Vergas). Vergas has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $55,000 in Deer Creek). Vergas has the higher median home value ($163,700 vs $123,100 in Deer Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Creek	Vergas
Population	273	241
Median age	38.3 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$85,000
Median home value	$123,100	$163,700
Median gross rent	$388	$617
Housing units	144	169
Homeownership rate	86.1%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Creek	Vergas
Population	227 → 273 (+20.3%)	358 → 241 (-32.7%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $55,000 (+57.1%)	$43,750 → $85,000 (+94.3%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $123,100 (+39.6%)	$125,900 → $163,700 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$336 → $388 (+15.5%)	$583 → $617 (+5.8%)

Deer Creek

Population

227273

Median household income

$35,000$55,000

Median home value

$88,200$123,100

Median gross rent

$336$388

Vergas

Population

358241

Median household income

$43,750$85,000

Median home value

$125,900$163,700

Median gross rent

$583$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Creek	Vergas
Under 5	8.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	5.4%
35 to 44	16.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	29.0%
75 and over	8.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Creek	Vergas
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Creek	Vergas
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Creek	Vergas
Drove alone	82.3%	84.7%
Carpooled	1.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Creek	Vergas
1-unit, detached	80.6%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	11.2%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Deer Creek	Vergas
Poverty rate	3.7%	6.2%
Average household size	2.24	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1962	1974