New York Mills vs Ottertail

A side-by-side comparison of New York Mills and Ottertail: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New York Mills has the higher population (1,319 vs 490 in Ottertail). Ottertail has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $51,696 in New York Mills). Ottertail has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $144,900 in New York Mills).

Population, income & housing

	New York Mills	Ottertail
Population	1,319	490
Median age	35.4 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,696	$83,750
Median home value	$144,900	$262,500
Median gross rent	$712	$1,047
Housing units	652	396
Homeownership rate	57.7%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New York Mills	Ottertail
Population	1,307 → 1,319 (+0.9%)	575 → 490 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$45,560 → $51,696 (+13.5%)	$66,875 → $83,750 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$103,500 → $144,900 (+40.0%)	$182,100 → $262,500 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $712 (+18.1%)	$856 → $1,047 (+22.3%)

New York Mills

Population

1,3071,319

Median household income

$45,560$51,696

Median home value

$103,500$144,900

Median gross rent

$603$712

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)

	New York Mills	Ottertail
Under 5	6.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	10.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	1.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	6.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	24.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	22.7%
75 and over	10.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New York Mills	Ottertail
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New York Mills	Ottertail
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New York Mills	Ottertail
Drove alone	75.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.3%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	17.1%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New York Mills	Ottertail
1-unit, detached	63.3%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	New York Mills	Ottertail
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1977	1996