Glenwood vs Long Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Glenwood and Long Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glenwood has the higher population (2,648 vs 302 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $45,735 in Glenwood). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($358,600 vs $181,000 in Glenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Long Beach
Population	2,648	302
Median age	36.3 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,735	$96,250
Median home value	$181,000	$358,600
Median gross rent	$830	—
Housing units	1,266	228
Homeownership rate	64.9%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Long Beach
Population	2,567 → 2,648 (+3.2%)	296 → 302 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $45,735 (-2.7%)	$80,000 → $96,250 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$148,800 → $181,000 (+21.6%)	$259,400 → $358,600 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $830 (+52.6%)	—

Glenwood

Population

2,5672,648

Median household income

$47,000$45,735

Median home value

$148,800$181,000

Median gross rent

$544$830

Long Beach

Population

296302

Median household income

$80,000$96,250

Median home value

$259,400$358,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood	Long Beach
Under 5	4.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	4.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	6.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	20.2%
75 and over	13.9%	22.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Long Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Long Beach
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	29.1%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Long Beach
Drove alone	63.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	11.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	12.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Long Beach
1-unit, detached	62.4%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Long Beach
Poverty rate	17.8%	4.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1958	1995