Dundas vs Northfield

A side-by-side comparison of Dundas and Northfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northfield has the higher population (20,678 vs 1,882 in Dundas). Dundas has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $92,000 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median home value ($305,300 vs $293,400 in Dundas).

Population, income & housing

	Dundas	Northfield
Population	1,882	20,678
Median age	36.4 yrs	28.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$92,000
Median home value	$293,400	$305,300
Median gross rent	$1,563	$1,036
Housing units	667	6,648
Homeownership rate	96.0%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dundas	Northfield
Population	1,579 → 1,882 (+19.2%)	20,347 → 20,678 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$91,481 → $111,250 (+21.6%)	$70,148 → $92,000 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$209,500 → $293,400 (+40.0%)	$226,000 → $305,300 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,563 (+47.0%)	$825 → $1,036 (+25.6%)

Dundas

Population

1,5791,882

Median household income

$91,481$111,250

Median home value

$209,500$293,400

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,563

Northfield

Population

20,34720,678

Median household income

$70,148$92,000

Median home value

$226,000$305,300

Median gross rent

$825$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dundas	Northfield
Under 5	7.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	21.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	30.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.0%
75 and over	4.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dundas	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	77.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dundas	Northfield
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	23.2%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dundas	Northfield
Drove alone	77.6%	56.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.4%	16.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	15.1%	19.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dundas	Northfield
1-unit, detached	72.0%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	25.2%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Dundas	Northfield
Poverty rate	2.4%	7.2%
Average household size	2.90	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	2003	1983