Belle Plaine vs Credit River

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Plaine and Credit River: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Plaine and Credit River are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belle Plaine has the higher population (7,401 vs 5,531 in Credit River). Credit River has the higher median household income ($149,524 vs $96,831 in Belle Plaine). Credit River has the higher median home value ($577,600 vs $280,400 in Belle Plaine).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Credit River
Population	7,401	5,531
Median age	38.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,831	$149,524
Median home value	$280,400	$577,600
Median gross rent	$1,336	$890
Housing units	2,696	1,998
Homeownership rate	83.4%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Credit River
Population	7,093 → 7,401 (+4.3%)	5,508 → 5,531 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$79,513 → $96,831 (+21.8%)	$154,145 → $149,524 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$217,400 → $280,400 (+29.0%)	$576,900 → $577,600 (+0.1%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,336 (+59.0%)	$793 → $890 (+12.2%)

Belle Plaine

Population

7,0937,401

Median household income

$79,513$96,831

Median home value

$217,400$280,400

Median gross rent

$840$1,336

Credit River

Population

5,5085,531

Median household income

$154,145$149,524

Median home value

$576,900$577,600

Median gross rent

$793$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Plaine	Credit River
Under 5	6.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	24.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.3%
75 and over	8.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Credit River
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	92.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Credit River
No high school diploma	9.9%	0.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Credit River
Drove alone	81.4%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	1.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	17.4%
Other means	2.1%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Credit River
1-unit, detached	80.5%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Credit River
Poverty rate	2.7%	1.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1998	1989