Ihlen vs Jasper

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

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

Jasper has the higher population (742 vs 65 in Ihlen). Ihlen has the higher median household income ($63,603 vs $47,188 in Jasper). Ihlen has the higher median home value ($83,800 vs $72,700 in Jasper).

Population, income & housing

	Ihlen	Jasper
Population	65	742
Median age	64.9 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,603	$47,188
Median home value	$83,800	$72,700
Median gross rent	—	$695
Housing units	50	339
Homeownership rate	97.8%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ihlen	Jasper
Population	38 → 65 (+71.1%)	672 → 742 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $63,603 (+8.3%)	$41,875 → $47,188 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $83,800 (+16.2%)	$56,700 → $72,700 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$760 → $695 (-8.6%)

Ihlen

Population

3865

Median household income

$58,750$63,603

Median home value

$72,100$83,800

Jasper

Population

672742

Median household income

$41,875$47,188

Median home value

$56,700$72,700

Median gross rent

$760$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ihlen	Jasper
Under 5	6.2%	8.5%
5 to 17	6.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	1.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	36.9%	11.9%
75 and over	12.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ihlen	Jasper
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	66.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ihlen	Jasper
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	36.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ihlen	Jasper
Drove alone	68.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	16.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ihlen	Jasper
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Ihlen	Jasper
Poverty rate	6.2%	22.7%
Average household size	1.44	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938