Wabasso vs Walnut Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Wabasso and Walnut Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walnut Grove has the higher population (719 vs 598 in Wabasso). Wabasso has the higher median household income ($63,900 vs $59,583 in Walnut Grove). Wabasso has the higher median home value ($105,100 vs $81,000 in Walnut Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Wabasso	Walnut Grove
Population	598	719
Median age	53.0 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,900	$59,583
Median home value	$105,100	$81,000
Median gross rent	$633	$575
Housing units	273	380
Homeownership rate	78.5%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wabasso	Walnut Grove
Population	765 → 598 (-21.8%)	687 → 719 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$51,375 → $63,900 (+24.4%)	$41,250 → $59,583 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $105,100 (+13.6%)	$51,100 → $81,000 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $633 (+8.4%)	$498 → $575 (+15.5%)

Wabasso

Population

765598

Median household income

$51,375$63,900

Median home value

$92,500$105,100

Median gross rent

$584$633

Walnut Grove

Population

687719

Median household income

$41,250$59,583

Median home value

$51,100$81,000

Median gross rent

$498$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wabasso	Walnut Grove
Under 5	5.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	2.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	17.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	4.7%
55 to 64	23.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.3%
75 and over	13.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wabasso	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	42.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.5%
Asian	1.0%	46.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wabasso	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	6.8%	17.7%
High school graduate	34.2%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wabasso	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	71.2%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.6%	5.7%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	2.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wabasso	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	75.8%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	11.4%	19.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Wabasso	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	8.0%	25.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1970	1967