Falcon Heights vs Lauderdale

A side-by-side comparison of Falcon Heights and Lauderdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Falcon Heights has the higher population (5,145 vs 2,386 in Lauderdale). Falcon Heights has the higher median household income ($93,233 vs $76,558 in Lauderdale). Falcon Heights has the higher median home value ($366,800 vs $273,600 in Lauderdale).

Population, income & housing

	Falcon Heights	Lauderdale
Population	5,145	2,386
Median age	35.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,233	$76,558
Median home value	$366,800	$273,600
Median gross rent	$1,200	$1,358
Housing units	2,148	1,216
Homeownership rate	59.0%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.0%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falcon Heights	Lauderdale
Population	5,571 → 5,145 (-7.6%)	2,514 → 2,386 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$75,660 → $93,233 (+23.2%)	$53,684 → $76,558 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$293,400 → $366,800 (+25.0%)	$206,100 → $273,600 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,062 → $1,200 (+13.0%)	$988 → $1,358 (+37.4%)

Falcon Heights

Population

5,5715,145

Median household income

$75,660$93,233

Median home value

$293,400$366,800

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,200

Lauderdale

Population

2,5142,386

Median household income

$53,684$76,558

Median home value

$206,100$273,600

Median gross rent

$988$1,358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falcon Heights	Lauderdale
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	15.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	25.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	6.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.3%
75 and over	8.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falcon Heights	Lauderdale
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	63.2%
Black or African American	6.7%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.9%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falcon Heights	Lauderdale
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	8.3%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	41.2%	32.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falcon Heights	Lauderdale
Drove alone	46.9%	59.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.3%
Public transit	8.4%	9.8%
Walked	7.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	3.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	26.4%	20.6%
Other means	2.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falcon Heights	Lauderdale
1-unit, detached	56.6%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	23.1%
20 or more units	14.7%	22.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falcon Heights	Lauderdale
Poverty rate	7.8%	5.6%
Average household size	2.31	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1960	1975