Ottertail vs Parkers Prairie

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

Ottertail 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 490 in Ottertail). Ottertail has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $58,750 in Parkers Prairie). Ottertail has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $152,500 in Parkers Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Ottertail	Parkers Prairie
Population	490	1,089
Median age	58.7 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$58,750
Median home value	$262,500	$152,500
Median gross rent	$1,047	$736
Housing units	396	456
Homeownership rate	89.7%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ottertail	Parkers Prairie
Population	575 → 490 (-14.8%)	1,086 → 1,089 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $83,750 (+25.2%)	$55,357 → $58,750 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $262,500 (+44.2%)	$102,500 → $152,500 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,047 (+22.3%)	$638 → $736 (+15.4%)

Ottertail

Population

575490

Median household income

$66,875$83,750

Median home value

$182,100$262,500

Median gross rent

$856$1,047

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)

	Ottertail	Parkers Prairie
Under 5	3.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	1.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	24.3%	8.7%
65 to 74	22.7%	15.7%
75 and over	9.4%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ottertail	Parkers Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ottertail	Parkers Prairie
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	27.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ottertail	Parkers Prairie
Drove alone	75.6%	82.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ottertail	Parkers Prairie
1-unit, detached	82.3%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Ottertail	Parkers Prairie
Poverty rate	7.1%	13.8%
Average household size	2.09	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1996	1966