Nielsville vs Trail

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

Nielsville and Trail 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 55 in Trail). Trail has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $40,313 in Nielsville). Nielsville has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $53,800 in Trail).

Population, income & housing

	Nielsville	Trail
Population	68	55
Median age	47.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,313	$62,813
Median home value	$85,000	$53,800
Housing units	48	29
Homeownership rate	96.3%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nielsville	Trail
Population	115 → 68 (-40.9%)	61 → 55 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$18,929 → $40,313 (+113.0%)	$26,071 → $62,813 (+140.9%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $85,000 (+88.9%)	$43,800 → $53,800 (+22.8%)

Nielsville

Population

11568

Median household income

$18,929$40,313

Median home value

$45,000$85,000

Trail

Population

6155

Median household income

$26,071$62,813

Median home value

$43,800$53,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nielsville	Trail
Under 5	4.4%	29.1%
5 to 17	26.5%	1.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	3.6%
35 to 44	2.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	22.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	26.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	4.4%	9.1%
75 and over	0.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nielsville	Trail
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nielsville	Trail
No high school diploma	8.5%	20.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	60.0%
Some college or associate's	51.1%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nielsville	Trail
Drove alone	91.3%	43.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	43.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	12.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nielsville	Trail
1-unit, detached	85.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	14.6%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Nielsville	Trail
Poverty rate	44.1%	14.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1938	1955