Clarissa vs Long Prairie

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

Clarissa 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 700 in Clarissa). Long Prairie has the higher median household income ($57,139 vs $45,500 in Clarissa). Long Prairie has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $104,000 in Clarissa).

Population, income & housing

	Clarissa	Long Prairie
Population	700	3,683
Median age	48.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,500	$57,139
Median home value	$104,000	$130,100
Median gross rent	$716	$942
Housing units	333	1,604
Homeownership rate	72.9%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarissa	Long Prairie
Population	694 → 700 (+0.9%)	3,311 → 3,683 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $45,500 (-7.1%)	$41,438 → $57,139 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $104,000 (+11.6%)	$92,100 → $130,100 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $716 (+24.5%)	$670 → $942 (+40.6%)

Clarissa

Population

694700

Median household income

$49,000$45,500

Median home value

$93,200$104,000

Median gross rent

$575$716

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)

	Clarissa	Long Prairie
Under 5	0.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.3%	20.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.9%
75 and over	22.7%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarissa	Long Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	56.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.4%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	38.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarissa	Long Prairie
No high school diploma	4.6%	21.9%
High school graduate	61.5%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarissa	Long Prairie
Drove alone	80.8%	61.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	0.8%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	7.5%
Other means	2.0%	10.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarissa	Long Prairie
1-unit, detached	79.0%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Clarissa	Long Prairie
Poverty rate	14.9%	12.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1957	1961