Henning vs Ottertail

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

Henning and Ottertail 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 490 in Ottertail). Ottertail has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $44,000 in Henning). Ottertail has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $127,400 in Henning).

Population, income & housing

	Henning	Ottertail
Population	836	490
Median age	47.6 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,000	$83,750
Median home value	$127,400	$262,500
Median gross rent	$731	$1,047
Housing units	449	396
Homeownership rate	55.9%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henning	Ottertail
Population	853 → 836 (-2.0%)	575 → 490 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$40,078 → $44,000 (+9.8%)	$66,875 → $83,750 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $127,400 (+47.1%)	$182,100 → $262,500 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $731 (+15.5%)	$856 → $1,047 (+22.3%)

Henning

Population

853836

Median household income

$40,078$44,000

Median home value

$86,600$127,400

Median gross rent

$633$731

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)

	Henning	Ottertail
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	1.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	24.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	22.7%
75 and over	22.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henning	Ottertail
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henning	Ottertail
No high school diploma	11.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henning	Ottertail
Drove alone	85.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	17.1%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henning	Ottertail
1-unit, detached	65.5%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Henning	Ottertail
Poverty rate	11.7%	7.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1968	1996