Nerstrand vs Northfield

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

Nerstrand 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 210 in Nerstrand). Northfield has the higher median household income ($92,000 vs $83,125 in Nerstrand). Northfield has the higher median home value ($305,300 vs $194,000 in Nerstrand).

Population, income & housing

	Nerstrand	Northfield
Population	210	20,678
Median age	40.0 yrs	28.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$92,000
Median home value	$194,000	$305,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,036
Housing units	102	6,648
Homeownership rate	94.7%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nerstrand	Northfield
Population	329 → 210 (-36.2%)	20,347 → 20,678 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $83,125 (+16.7%)	$70,148 → $92,000 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$160,600 → $194,000 (+20.8%)	$226,000 → $305,300 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$825 → $1,036 (+25.6%)

Nerstrand

Population

329210

Median household income

$71,250$83,125

Median home value

$160,600$194,000

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)

	Nerstrand	Northfield
Under 5	8.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	30.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.0%
75 and over	7.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nerstrand	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nerstrand	Northfield
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	36.6%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nerstrand	Northfield
Drove alone	73.0%	56.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	12.3%	16.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.7%	19.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nerstrand	Northfield
1-unit, detached	95.1%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Nerstrand	Northfield
Poverty rate	9.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1941	1983