Faribault vs Lonsdale

A side-by-side comparison of Faribault and Lonsdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Faribault has the higher population (24,458 vs 4,789 in Lonsdale). Lonsdale has the higher median household income ($91,719 vs $61,662 in Faribault). Lonsdale has the higher median home value ($327,100 vs $233,900 in Faribault).

Population, income & housing

	Faribault	Lonsdale
Population	24,458	4,789
Median age	38.4 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,662	$91,719
Median home value	$233,900	$327,100
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,293
Housing units	9,363	1,576
Homeownership rate	65.4%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Faribault	Lonsdale
Population	23,800 → 24,458 (+2.8%)	4,010 → 4,789 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$50,702 → $61,662 (+21.6%)	$90,509 → $91,719 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $233,900 (+52.4%)	$202,300 → $327,100 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,041 (+26.6%)	$1,537 → $1,293 (-15.9%)

Faribault

Population

23,80024,458

Median household income

$50,702$61,662

Median home value

$153,500$233,900

Median gross rent

$822$1,041

Lonsdale

Population

4,0104,789

Median household income

$90,509$91,719

Median home value

$202,300$327,100

Median gross rent

$1,537$1,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Faribault	Lonsdale
Under 5	5.8%	11.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	23.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	18.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	7.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.1%
75 and over	7.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Faribault	Lonsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	95.9%
Black or African American	15.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Faribault	Lonsdale
No high school diploma	11.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	42.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Faribault	Lonsdale
Drove alone	71.6%	77.2%
Carpooled	17.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.2%	1.1%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	8.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Faribault	Lonsdale
1-unit, detached	62.5%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	11.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Faribault	Lonsdale
Poverty rate	15.9%	1.4%
Average household size	2.49	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1973	2003