Hinckley vs Pine City

A side-by-side comparison of Hinckley and Pine City: population, income, housing, and more.

Hinckley and Pine City are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pine City has the higher population (3,339 vs 1,665 in Hinckley). Pine City has the higher median household income ($51,654 vs $41,979 in Hinckley). Pine City has the higher median home value ($181,800 vs $165,200 in Hinckley).

Population, income & housing

	Hinckley	Pine City
Population	1,665	3,339
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,979	$51,654
Median home value	$165,200	$181,800
Median gross rent	$1,004	$676
Housing units	734	1,790
Homeownership rate	57.2%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hinckley	Pine City
Population	1,606 → 1,665 (+3.7%)	3,100 → 3,339 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $41,979 (+21.4%)	$41,292 → $51,654 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$115,300 → $165,200 (+43.3%)	$148,300 → $181,800 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $1,004 (+34.0%)	$725 → $676 (-6.8%)

Hinckley

Population

1,6061,665

Median household income

$34,583$41,979

Median home value

$115,300$165,200

Median gross rent

$749$1,004

Pine City

Population

3,1003,339

Median household income

$41,292$51,654

Median home value

$148,300$181,800

Median gross rent

$725$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hinckley	Pine City
Under 5	6.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.4%
75 and over	11.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hinckley	Pine City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.4%	0.8%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hinckley	Pine City
No high school diploma	12.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	49.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hinckley	Pine City
Drove alone	74.1%	76.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	2.5%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.8%
Other means	5.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hinckley	Pine City
1-unit, detached	63.9%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	6.7%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Hinckley	Pine City
Poverty rate	18.0%	12.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1973	1975