Jasper vs Pipestone

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

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

Pipestone has the higher population (4,165 vs 742 in Jasper). Pipestone has the higher median household income ($61,442 vs $47,188 in Jasper). Pipestone has the higher median home value ($102,000 vs $72,700 in Jasper).

Population, income & housing

	Jasper	Pipestone
Population	742	4,165
Median age	35.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,188	$61,442
Median home value	$72,700	$102,000
Median gross rent	$695	$722
Housing units	339	2,001
Homeownership rate	86.0%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jasper	Pipestone
Population	672 → 742 (+10.4%)	4,092 → 4,165 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $47,188 (+12.7%)	$40,670 → $61,442 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$56,700 → $72,700 (+28.2%)	$84,300 → $102,000 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $695 (-8.6%)	$534 → $722 (+35.2%)

Jasper

Population

672742

Median household income

$41,875$47,188

Median home value

$56,700$72,700

Median gross rent

$760$695

Pipestone

Population

4,0924,165

Median household income

$40,670$61,442

Median home value

$84,300$102,000

Median gross rent

$534$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jasper	Pipestone
Under 5	8.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.8%
75 and over	4.0%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jasper	Pipestone
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	81.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.6%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jasper	Pipestone
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jasper	Pipestone
Drove alone	79.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	13.6%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jasper	Pipestone
1-unit, detached	86.7%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	6.5%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Jasper	Pipestone
Poverty rate	22.7%	16.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	13
Median year structure built	1938	1958