Henning vs Parkers Prairie

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

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

Parkers Prairie has the higher population (1,089 vs 836 in Henning). Parkers Prairie has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $44,000 in Henning). Parkers Prairie has the higher median home value ($152,500 vs $127,400 in Henning).

Population, income & housing

	Henning	Parkers Prairie
Population	836	1,089
Median age	47.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,000	$58,750
Median home value	$127,400	$152,500
Median gross rent	$731	$736
Housing units	449	456
Homeownership rate	55.9%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henning	Parkers Prairie
Population	853 → 836 (-2.0%)	1,086 → 1,089 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$40,078 → $44,000 (+9.8%)	$55,357 → $58,750 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $127,400 (+47.1%)	$102,500 → $152,500 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $731 (+15.5%)	$638 → $736 (+15.4%)

Henning

Population

853836

Median household income

$40,078$44,000

Median home value

$86,600$127,400

Median gross rent

$633$731

Parkers Prairie

Population

1,0861,089

Median household income

$55,357$58,750

Median home value

$102,500$152,500

Median gross rent

$638$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henning	Parkers Prairie
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	15.7%
75 and over	22.6%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henning	Parkers Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henning	Parkers Prairie
No high school diploma	11.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henning	Parkers Prairie
Drove alone	85.6%	82.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	3.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	5.5%
Other means	3.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henning	Parkers Prairie
1-unit, detached	65.5%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	10.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Henning	Parkers Prairie
Poverty rate	11.7%	13.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1968	1966