Edgerton vs Ihlen

A side-by-side comparison of Edgerton and Ihlen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgerton has the higher population (1,207 vs 65 in Ihlen). Edgerton has the higher median household income ($66,739 vs $63,603 in Ihlen). Edgerton has the higher median home value ($132,800 vs $83,800 in Ihlen).

Population, income & housing

	Edgerton	Ihlen
Population	1,207	65
Median age	45.5 yrs	64.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,739	$63,603
Median home value	$132,800	$83,800
Median gross rent	$681	—
Housing units	534	50
Homeownership rate	84.3%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgerton	Ihlen
Population	1,244 → 1,207 (-3.0%)	38 → 65 (+71.1%)
Median household income	$53,056 → $66,739 (+25.8%)	$58,750 → $63,603 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $132,800 (+37.0%)	$72,100 → $83,800 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $681 (-10.5%)	—

Edgerton

Population

1,2441,207

Median household income

$53,056$66,739

Median home value

$96,900$132,800

Median gross rent

$761$681

Ihlen

Population

3865

Median household income

$58,750$63,603

Median home value

$72,100$83,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgerton	Ihlen
Under 5	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	6.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	5.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	1.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	36.9%
75 and over	18.3%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgerton	Ihlen
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgerton	Ihlen
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	36.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgerton	Ihlen
Drove alone	74.2%	68.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	16.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgerton	Ihlen
1-unit, detached	84.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgerton	Ihlen
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.25	1.44
Mean commute (minutes)	13	32
Median year structure built	1967	1938