Hector vs Renville

A side-by-side comparison of Hector and Renville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Renville has the higher population (1,397 vs 1,111 in Hector). Renville has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $59,762 in Hector). Hector has the higher median home value ($124,100 vs $109,700 in Renville).

Population, income & housing

	Hector	Renville
Population	1,111	1,397
Median age	38.5 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,762	$73,750
Median home value	$124,100	$109,700
Median gross rent	$1,108	$671
Housing units	554	619
Homeownership rate	75.1%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hector	Renville
Population	972 → 1,111 (+14.3%)	1,235 → 1,397 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$54,803 → $59,762 (+9.0%)	$64,148 → $73,750 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $124,100 (+51.5%)	$73,800 → $109,700 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $1,108 (+35.6%)	$588 → $671 (+14.1%)

Hector

Population

9721,111

Median household income

$54,803$59,762

Median home value

$81,900$124,100

Median gross rent

$817$1,108

Renville

Population

1,2351,397

Median household income

$64,148$73,750

Median home value

$73,800$109,700

Median gross rent

$588$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hector	Renville
Under 5	5.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	15.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	18.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	7.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	5.6%
75 and over	9.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hector	Renville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	70.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hector	Renville
No high school diploma	10.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	40.7%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hector	Renville
Drove alone	75.4%	86.7%
Carpooled	13.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.7%
Other means	2.9%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hector	Renville
1-unit, detached	79.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	17.8%
20 or more units	9.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Hector	Renville
Poverty rate	7.9%	11.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1962	1970