Bertha vs Long Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Bertha and Long Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Long Prairie has the higher population (3,683 vs 489 in Bertha). Long Prairie has the higher median household income ($57,139 vs $54,821 in Bertha). Long Prairie has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $77,900 in Bertha).

Population, income & housing

	Bertha	Long Prairie
Population	489	3,683
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,821	$57,139
Median home value	$77,900	$130,100
Median gross rent	$750	$942
Housing units	238	1,604
Homeownership rate	76.6%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bertha	Long Prairie
Population	635 → 489 (-23.0%)	3,311 → 3,683 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$51,406 → $54,821 (+6.6%)	$41,438 → $57,139 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $77,900 (+23.5%)	$92,100 → $130,100 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $750 (+25.0%)	$670 → $942 (+40.6%)

Bertha

Population

635489

Median household income

$51,406$54,821

Median home value

$63,100$77,900

Median gross rent

$600$750

Long Prairie

Population

3,3113,683

Median household income

$41,438$57,139

Median home value

$92,100$130,100

Median gross rent

$670$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bertha	Long Prairie
Under 5	5.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	20.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	17.8%	7.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	4.1%	8.9%
75 and over	10.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bertha	Long Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	56.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	38.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bertha	Long Prairie
No high school diploma	16.8%	21.9%
High school graduate	35.1%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bertha	Long Prairie
Drove alone	73.9%	61.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	11.3%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.5%
Other means	2.5%	10.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bertha	Long Prairie
1-unit, detached	73.5%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bertha	Long Prairie
Poverty rate	11.3%	12.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1954	1961