Long Prairie vs Staples

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

Long Prairie and Staples 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 2,359 in Staples). Long Prairie has the higher median household income ($57,139 vs $51,506 in Staples). Long Prairie has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $119,300 in Staples).

Population, income & housing

	Long Prairie	Staples
Population	3,683	2,359
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,139	$51,506
Median home value	$130,100	$119,300
Median gross rent	$942	$856
Housing units	1,604	1,137
Homeownership rate	63.6%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Prairie	Staples
Population	3,311 → 3,683 (+11.2%)	3,093 → 2,359 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$41,438 → $57,139 (+37.9%)	$45,152 → $51,506 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $130,100 (+41.3%)	$90,500 → $119,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $942 (+40.6%)	$740 → $856 (+15.7%)

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

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)

	Long Prairie	Staples
Under 5	7.4%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	20.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	6.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.0%
75 and over	12.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Prairie	Staples
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.5%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Prairie	Staples
No high school diploma	21.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	41.7%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Prairie	Staples
Drove alone	61.5%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	17.4%
Public transit	6.1%	1.8%
Walked	7.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.5%
Other means	10.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Prairie	Staples
1-unit, detached	67.9%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	13.0%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Long Prairie	Staples
Poverty rate	12.4%	17.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1961	1962