Faribault vs Warsaw

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

Faribault and Warsaw 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 690 in Warsaw). Warsaw has the higher median household income ($115,313 vs $61,662 in Faribault). Warsaw has the higher median home value ($255,000 vs $233,900 in Faribault).

Population, income & housing

	Faribault	Warsaw
Population	24,458	690
Median age	38.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,662	$115,313
Median home value	$233,900	$255,000
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,188
Housing units	9,363	324
Homeownership rate	65.4%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Faribault	Warsaw
Population	23,800 → 24,458 (+2.8%)	774 → 690 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$50,702 → $61,662 (+21.6%)	$94,375 → $115,313 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $233,900 (+52.4%)	$192,000 → $255,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,041 (+26.6%)	$1,250 → $1,188 (-5.0%)

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

Warsaw

Population

774690

Median household income

$94,375$115,313

Median home value

$192,000$255,000

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Faribault	Warsaw
Under 5	5.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.3%
75 and over	7.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Faribault	Warsaw
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	15.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Faribault	Warsaw
No high school diploma	11.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	42.8%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Faribault	Warsaw
Drove alone	71.6%	87.2%
Carpooled	17.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Faribault	Warsaw
1-unit, detached	62.5%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Faribault	Warsaw
Poverty rate	15.9%	4.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1973	1973