Eagle Bend vs Long Prairie

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

Eagle Bend 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 620 in Eagle Bend). Long Prairie has the higher median household income ($57,139 vs $48,924 in Eagle Bend). Long Prairie has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $96,700 in Eagle Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Bend	Long Prairie
Population	620	3,683
Median age	32.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,924	$57,139
Median home value	$96,700	$130,100
Median gross rent	$775	$942
Housing units	295	1,604
Homeownership rate	80.2%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Bend	Long Prairie
Population	519 → 620 (+19.5%)	3,311 → 3,683 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$37,159 → $48,924 (+31.7%)	$41,438 → $57,139 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $96,700 (+37.6%)	$92,100 → $130,100 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $775 (+55.0%)	$670 → $942 (+40.6%)

Eagle Bend

Population

519620

Median household income

$37,159$48,924

Median home value

$70,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$500$775

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)

	Eagle Bend	Long Prairie
Under 5	4.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	29.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	16.9%	20.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	4.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.9%
75 and over	7.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Bend	Long Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	56.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	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	20.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	38.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Bend	Long Prairie
No high school diploma	4.5%	21.9%
High school graduate	60.6%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Bend	Long Prairie
Drove alone	80.8%	61.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.9%
Public transit	2.1%	6.1%
Walked	3.8%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.5%
Other means	1.3%	10.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Bend	Long Prairie
1-unit, detached	85.4%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Bend	Long Prairie
Poverty rate	18.1%	12.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1950	1961