Elrosa vs Meire Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Elrosa and Meire Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elrosa has the higher population (194 vs 170 in Meire Grove). Meire Grove has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $54,375 in Elrosa). Meire Grove has the higher median home value ($164,600 vs $164,100 in Elrosa).

Population, income & housing

	Elrosa	Meire Grove
Population	194	170
Median age	46.3 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$68,125
Median home value	$164,100	$164,600
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	91	68
Homeownership rate	94.3%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elrosa	Meire Grove
Population	219 → 194 (-11.4%)	191 → 170 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $54,375 (+29.9%)	$59,583 → $68,125 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $164,100 (+31.3%)	$101,600 → $164,600 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$646 → $750 (+16.1%)

Elrosa

Population

219194

Median household income

$41,875$54,375

Median home value

$125,000$164,100

Meire Grove

Population

191170

Median household income

$59,583$68,125

Median home value

$101,600$164,600

Median gross rent

$646$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elrosa	Meire Grove
Under 5	6.7%	10.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	14.7%
25 to 34	18.6%	28.2%
35 to 44	5.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.1%
55 to 64	7.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	4.1%
75 and over	22.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elrosa	Meire Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elrosa	Meire Grove
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	31.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elrosa	Meire Grove
Drove alone	94.3%	83.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elrosa	Meire Grove
1-unit, detached	94.5%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elrosa	Meire Grove
Poverty rate	8.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1980	1968