Henning vs Pelican Rapids

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

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

Pelican Rapids has the higher population (2,589 vs 836 in Henning). Pelican Rapids has the higher median household income ($65,482 vs $44,000 in Henning). Pelican Rapids has the higher median home value ($177,700 vs $127,400 in Henning).

Population, income & housing

	Henning	Pelican Rapids
Population	836	2,589
Median age	47.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,000	$65,482
Median home value	$127,400	$177,700
Median gross rent	$731	$349
Housing units	449	1,083
Homeownership rate	55.9%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henning	Pelican Rapids
Population	853 → 836 (-2.0%)	2,487 → 2,589 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$40,078 → $44,000 (+9.8%)	$43,971 → $65,482 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $127,400 (+47.1%)	$109,000 → $177,700 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $731 (+15.5%)	$388 → $349 (-10.1%)

Henning

Population

853836

Median household income

$40,078$44,000

Median home value

$86,600$127,400

Median gross rent

$633$731

Pelican Rapids

Population

2,4872,589

Median household income

$43,971$65,482

Median home value

$109,000$177,700

Median gross rent

$388$349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henning	Pelican Rapids
Under 5	5.1%	9.8%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.2%
75 and over	22.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henning	Pelican Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	60.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henning	Pelican Rapids
No high school diploma	11.8%	23.4%
High school graduate	30.6%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henning	Pelican Rapids
Drove alone	85.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	10.9%
Other means	3.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henning	Pelican Rapids
1-unit, detached	65.5%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	9.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Henning	Pelican Rapids
Poverty rate	11.7%	17.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1968	1972