Ellendale vs Owatonna

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

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

Owatonna has the higher population (26,462 vs 626 in Ellendale). Owatonna has the higher median household income ($81,276 vs $80,417 in Ellendale). Owatonna has the higher median home value ($234,600 vs $150,000 in Ellendale).

Population, income & housing

	Ellendale	Owatonna
Population	626	26,462
Median age	40.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$81,276
Median home value	$150,000	$234,600
Median gross rent	$820	$1,010
Housing units	303	11,371
Homeownership rate	78.2%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellendale	Owatonna
Population	739 → 626 (-15.3%)	25,685 → 26,462 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$56,316 → $80,417 (+42.8%)	$62,642 → $81,276 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $150,000 (+36.5%)	$166,600 → $234,600 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $820 (+4.2%)	$773 → $1,010 (+30.7%)

Ellendale

Population

739626

Median household income

$56,316$80,417

Median home value

$109,900$150,000

Median gross rent

$787$820

Owatonna

Population

25,68526,462

Median household income

$62,642$81,276

Median home value

$166,600$234,600

Median gross rent

$773$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellendale	Owatonna
Under 5	4.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	21.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	10.9%
75 and over	7.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellendale	Owatonna
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellendale	Owatonna
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	32.4%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellendale	Owatonna
Drove alone	71.3%	80.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.5%	1.4%
Walked	5.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.1%	8.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellendale	Owatonna
1-unit, detached	77.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	5.7%
20 or more units	4.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Ellendale	Owatonna
Poverty rate	2.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1972	1977