Faribault vs Northfield

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

Faribault and Northfield 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 20,678 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($92,000 vs $61,662 in Faribault). Northfield has the higher median home value ($305,300 vs $233,900 in Faribault).

Population, income & housing

	Faribault	Northfield
Population	24,458	20,678
Median age	38.4 yrs	28.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,662	$92,000
Median home value	$233,900	$305,300
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,036
Housing units	9,363	6,648
Homeownership rate	65.4%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Faribault	Northfield
Population	23,800 → 24,458 (+2.8%)	20,347 → 20,678 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$50,702 → $61,662 (+21.6%)	$70,148 → $92,000 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $233,900 (+52.4%)	$226,000 → $305,300 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,041 (+26.6%)	$825 → $1,036 (+25.6%)

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

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)

	Faribault	Northfield
Under 5	5.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	30.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.0%
75 and over	7.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Faribault	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	77.4%
Black or African American	15.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Faribault	Northfield
No high school diploma	11.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Faribault	Northfield
Drove alone	71.6%	56.5%
Carpooled	17.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	2.3%	16.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.3%	19.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Faribault	Northfield
1-unit, detached	62.5%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	11.8%
20 or more units	11.3%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Faribault	Northfield
Poverty rate	15.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1973	1983