Northfield vs Warsaw

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

Northfield and Warsaw 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 690 in Warsaw). Warsaw has the higher median household income ($115,313 vs $92,000 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median home value ($305,300 vs $255,000 in Warsaw).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	Warsaw
Population	20,678	690
Median age	28.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,000	$115,313
Median home value	$305,300	$255,000
Median gross rent	$1,036	$1,188
Housing units	6,648	324
Homeownership rate	69.8%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.5%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	Warsaw
Population	20,347 → 20,678 (+1.6%)	774 → 690 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$70,148 → $92,000 (+31.2%)	$94,375 → $115,313 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$226,000 → $305,300 (+35.1%)	$192,000 → $255,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,036 (+25.6%)	$1,250 → $1,188 (-5.0%)

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

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)

	Northfield	Warsaw
Under 5	3.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	30.6%	2.8%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.3%
75 and over	6.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	Warsaw
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	Warsaw
No high school diploma	2.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	19.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	Warsaw
Drove alone	56.5%	87.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	16.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	Warsaw
1-unit, detached	53.3%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	Warsaw
Poverty rate	7.2%	4.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1983	1973