Eagle Bend vs Staples

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

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

Staples has the higher population (2,359 vs 620 in Eagle Bend). Staples has the higher median household income ($51,506 vs $48,924 in Eagle Bend). Staples has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $96,700 in Eagle Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Bend	Staples
Population	620	2,359
Median age	32.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,924	$51,506
Median home value	$96,700	$119,300
Median gross rent	$775	$856
Housing units	295	1,137
Homeownership rate	80.2%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Bend	Staples
Population	519 → 620 (+19.5%)	3,093 → 2,359 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$37,159 → $48,924 (+31.7%)	$45,152 → $51,506 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $96,700 (+37.6%)	$90,500 → $119,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $775 (+55.0%)	$740 → $856 (+15.7%)

Eagle Bend

Population

519620

Median household income

$37,159$48,924

Median home value

$70,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$500$775

Staples

Population

3,0932,359

Median household income

$45,152$51,506

Median home value

$90,500$119,300

Median gross rent

$740$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Bend	Staples
Under 5	4.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	29.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	4.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.0%
75 and over	7.6%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Bend	Staples
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Bend	Staples
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	60.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Bend	Staples
Drove alone	80.8%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	17.4%
Public transit	2.1%	1.8%
Walked	3.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	5.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Bend	Staples
1-unit, detached	85.4%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Bend	Staples
Poverty rate	18.1%	17.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1950	1962