Lengby vs Nielsville

A side-by-side comparison of Lengby and Nielsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nielsville has the higher population (68 vs 42 in Lengby). Lengby has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $40,313 in Nielsville). Nielsville has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $60,000 in Lengby).

Population, income & housing

	Lengby	Nielsville
Population	42	68
Median age	47.0 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$40,313
Median home value	$60,000	$85,000
Housing units	49	48
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lengby	Nielsville
Population	47 → 42 (-10.6%)	115 → 68 (-40.9%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $51,250 (-2.4%)	$18,929 → $40,313 (+113.0%)
Median home value	$56,700 → $60,000 (+5.8%)	$45,000 → $85,000 (+88.9%)

Lengby

Population

4742

Median household income

$52,500$51,250

Median home value

$56,700$60,000

Nielsville

Population

11568

Median household income

$18,929$40,313

Median home value

$45,000$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lengby	Nielsville
Under 5	16.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.9%	26.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	2.9%
45 to 54	4.8%	22.1%
55 to 64	26.2%	26.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	4.4%
75 and over	4.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lengby	Nielsville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	61.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	16.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	38.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lengby	Nielsville
No high school diploma	3.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	35.7%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lengby	Nielsville
Drove alone	86.7%	91.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	13.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lengby	Nielsville
1-unit, detached	87.8%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Lengby	Nielsville
Poverty rate	42.9%	44.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1938	1938