Belle Plaine vs Jordan

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

Belle Plaine and Jordan 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 6,704 in Jordan). Jordan has the higher median household income ($110,139 vs $96,831 in Belle Plaine). Jordan has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $280,400 in Belle Plaine).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Jordan
Population	7,401	6,704
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,831	$110,139
Median home value	$280,400	$319,000
Median gross rent	$1,336	$1,102
Housing units	2,696	2,151
Homeownership rate	83.4%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Jordan
Population	7,093 → 7,401 (+4.3%)	6,230 → 6,704 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$79,513 → $96,831 (+21.8%)	$74,167 → $110,139 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$217,400 → $280,400 (+29.0%)	$235,900 → $319,000 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,336 (+59.0%)	$1,110 → $1,102 (-0.7%)

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

Jordan

Population

6,2306,704

Median household income

$74,167$110,139

Median home value

$235,900$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Plaine	Jordan
Under 5	6.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	31.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	7.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	22.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	3.2%
75 and over	8.9%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Jordan
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	87.9%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Jordan
No high school diploma	9.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Jordan
Drove alone	81.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	10.9%
Other means	2.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Jordan
1-unit, detached	80.5%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Jordan
Poverty rate	2.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.67	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1998	1998