Blooming Prairie vs Ellendale

A side-by-side comparison of Blooming Prairie and Ellendale: population, income, housing, and more.

Blooming Prairie and Ellendale are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blooming Prairie has the higher population (1,977 vs 626 in Ellendale). Ellendale has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $63,929 in Blooming Prairie). Blooming Prairie has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $150,000 in Ellendale).

Population, income & housing

	Blooming Prairie	Ellendale
Population	1,977	626
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,929	$80,417
Median home value	$155,800	$150,000
Median gross rent	$680	$820
Housing units	855	303
Homeownership rate	86.4%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blooming Prairie	Ellendale
Population	1,916 → 1,977 (+3.2%)	739 → 626 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$55,357 → $63,929 (+15.5%)	$56,316 → $80,417 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $155,800 (+22.3%)	$109,900 → $150,000 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $680 (-3.4%)	$787 → $820 (+4.2%)

Blooming Prairie

Population

1,9161,977

Median household income

$55,357$63,929

Median home value

$127,400$155,800

Median gross rent

$704$680

Ellendale

Population

739626

Median household income

$56,316$80,417

Median home value

$109,900$150,000

Median gross rent

$787$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blooming Prairie	Ellendale
Under 5	5.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	21.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.2%
75 and over	16.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blooming Prairie	Ellendale
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blooming Prairie	Ellendale
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	26.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blooming Prairie	Ellendale
Drove alone	74.4%	71.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	13.1%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blooming Prairie	Ellendale
1-unit, detached	83.5%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Blooming Prairie	Ellendale
Poverty rate	5.6%	2.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1963	1972