Pine City vs Sandstone

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

Pine City and Sandstone 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 2,538 in Sandstone). Pine City has the higher median household income ($51,654 vs $50,288 in Sandstone). Pine City has the higher median home value ($181,800 vs $137,500 in Sandstone).

Population, income & housing

	Pine City	Sandstone
Population	3,339	2,538
Median age	40.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,654	$50,288
Median home value	$181,800	$137,500
Median gross rent	$676	$1,011
Housing units	1,790	704
Homeownership rate	63.4%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine City	Sandstone
Population	3,100 → 3,339 (+7.7%)	2,670 → 2,538 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$41,292 → $51,654 (+25.1%)	$39,750 → $50,288 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$148,300 → $181,800 (+22.6%)	$77,500 → $137,500 (+77.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $676 (-6.8%)	$824 → $1,011 (+22.7%)

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

Sandstone

Population

2,6702,538

Median household income

$39,750$50,288

Median home value

$77,500$137,500

Median gross rent

$824$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine City	Sandstone
Under 5	4.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.4%	18.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	23.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	4.0%
75 and over	11.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine City	Sandstone
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	69.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	4.6%
Asian	0.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine City	Sandstone
No high school diploma	9.2%	17.2%
High school graduate	34.0%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine City	Sandstone
Drove alone	76.9%	75.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine City	Sandstone
1-unit, detached	64.1%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	12.1%	15.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Pine City	Sandstone
Poverty rate	12.1%	26.6%
Average household size	2.03	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1975	1966