Hector vs Sacred Heart

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

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

Hector has the higher population (1,111 vs 522 in Sacred Heart). Sacred Heart has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $59,762 in Hector). Hector has the higher median home value ($124,100 vs $57,600 in Sacred Heart).

Population, income & housing

	Hector	Sacred Heart
Population	1,111	522
Median age	38.5 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,762	$63,125
Median home value	$124,100	$57,600
Median gross rent	$1,108	$650
Housing units	554	281
Homeownership rate	75.1%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hector	Sacred Heart
Population	972 → 1,111 (+14.3%)	608 → 522 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$54,803 → $59,762 (+9.0%)	$47,375 → $63,125 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $124,100 (+51.5%)	$47,400 → $57,600 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $1,108 (+35.6%)	$652 → $650 (-0.3%)

Hector

Population

9721,111

Median household income

$54,803$59,762

Median home value

$81,900$124,100

Median gross rent

$817$1,108

Sacred Heart

Population

608522

Median household income

$47,375$63,125

Median home value

$47,400$57,600

Median gross rent

$652$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hector	Sacred Heart
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	15.9%	2.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	23.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.8%
75 and over	9.0%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hector	Sacred Heart
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hector	Sacred Heart
No high school diploma	10.4%	14.1%
High school graduate	40.7%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hector	Sacred Heart
Drove alone	75.4%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.5%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hector	Sacred Heart
1-unit, detached	79.4%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	11.4%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Hector	Sacred Heart
Poverty rate	7.9%	20.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1962	1952