Parkers Prairie vs Pelican Rapids

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

Parkers Prairie 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 1,089 in Parkers Prairie). Pelican Rapids has the higher median household income ($65,482 vs $58,750 in Parkers Prairie). Pelican Rapids has the higher median home value ($177,700 vs $152,500 in Parkers Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Parkers Prairie	Pelican Rapids
Population	1,089	2,589
Median age	46.8 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$65,482
Median home value	$152,500	$177,700
Median gross rent	$736	$349
Housing units	456	1,083
Homeownership rate	76.0%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkers Prairie	Pelican Rapids
Population	1,086 → 1,089 (+0.3%)	2,487 → 2,589 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$55,357 → $58,750 (+6.1%)	$43,971 → $65,482 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $152,500 (+48.8%)	$109,000 → $177,700 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $736 (+15.4%)	$388 → $349 (-10.1%)

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

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)

	Parkers Prairie	Pelican Rapids
Under 5	5.6%	9.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.7%	7.2%
75 and over	16.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkers Prairie	Pelican Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	60.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkers Prairie	Pelican Rapids
No high school diploma	10.0%	23.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkers Prairie	Pelican Rapids
Drove alone	82.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	10.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkers Prairie	Pelican Rapids
1-unit, detached	78.1%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Parkers Prairie	Pelican Rapids
Poverty rate	13.8%	17.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1966	1972