Redwood Falls vs Wabasso

A side-by-side comparison of Redwood Falls and Wabasso: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Redwood Falls has the higher population (5,075 vs 598 in Wabasso). Wabasso has the higher median household income ($63,900 vs $61,947 in Redwood Falls). Redwood Falls has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $105,100 in Wabasso).

Population, income & housing

	Redwood Falls	Wabasso
Population	5,075	598
Median age	43.1 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,947	$63,900
Median home value	$162,000	$105,100
Median gross rent	$824	$633
Housing units	2,473	273
Homeownership rate	70.7%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Redwood Falls	Wabasso
Population	4,989 → 5,075 (+1.7%)	765 → 598 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$51,232 → $61,947 (+20.9%)	$51,375 → $63,900 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$104,100 → $162,000 (+55.6%)	$92,500 → $105,100 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $824 (+12.9%)	$584 → $633 (+8.4%)

Redwood Falls

Population

4,9895,075

Median household income

$51,232$61,947

Median home value

$104,100$162,000

Median gross rent

$730$824

Wabasso

Population

765598

Median household income

$51,375$63,900

Median home value

$92,500$105,100

Median gross rent

$584$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Redwood Falls	Wabasso
Under 5	6.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	23.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.5%
75 and over	10.6%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Redwood Falls	Wabasso
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Redwood Falls	Wabasso
No high school diploma	7.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Redwood Falls	Wabasso
Drove alone	84.8%	71.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.6%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	15.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	5.9%	3.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Redwood Falls	Wabasso
1-unit, detached	66.0%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	7.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Redwood Falls	Wabasso
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1972	1970