Lonsdale vs Nerstrand

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

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

Lonsdale has the higher population (4,789 vs 210 in Nerstrand). Lonsdale has the higher median household income ($91,719 vs $83,125 in Nerstrand). Lonsdale has the higher median home value ($327,100 vs $194,000 in Nerstrand).

Population, income & housing

	Lonsdale	Nerstrand
Population	4,789	210
Median age	30.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,719	$83,125
Median home value	$327,100	$194,000
Median gross rent	$1,293	—
Housing units	1,576	102
Homeownership rate	87.1%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lonsdale	Nerstrand
Population	4,010 → 4,789 (+19.4%)	329 → 210 (-36.2%)
Median household income	$90,509 → $91,719 (+1.3%)	$71,250 → $83,125 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$202,300 → $327,100 (+61.7%)	$160,600 → $194,000 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,537 → $1,293 (-15.9%)	—

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

Nerstrand

Population

329210

Median household income

$71,250$83,125

Median home value

$160,600$194,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lonsdale	Nerstrand
Under 5	11.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	23.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	18.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	7.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	6.1%	9.0%
75 and over	3.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lonsdale	Nerstrand
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lonsdale	Nerstrand
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	28.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lonsdale	Nerstrand
Drove alone	77.2%	73.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	9.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lonsdale	Nerstrand
1-unit, detached	88.4%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Lonsdale	Nerstrand
Poverty rate	1.4%	9.5%
Average household size	3.02	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	2003	1941