Elgin vs Millville

A side-by-side comparison of Elgin and Millville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elgin has the higher population (1,147 vs 267 in Millville). Millville has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $87,000 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median home value ($218,200 vs $144,300 in Millville).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Millville
Population	1,147	267
Median age	31.8 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,000	$90,938
Median home value	$218,200	$144,300
Median gross rent	$738	$763
Housing units	481	81
Homeownership rate	77.8%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Millville
Population	1,268 → 1,147 (-9.5%)	171 → 267 (+56.1%)
Median household income	$60,208 → $87,000 (+44.5%)	$55,000 → $90,938 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $218,200 (+42.1%)	$107,100 → $144,300 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $738 (+20.4%)	$600 → $763 (+27.2%)

Elgin

Population

1,2681,147

Median household income

$60,208$87,000

Median home value

$153,500$218,200

Median gross rent

$613$738

Millville

Population

171267

Median household income

$55,000$90,938

Median home value

$107,100$144,300

Median gross rent

$600$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Millville
Under 5	9.1%	10.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	31.1%
18 to 24	12.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	3.3%	5.6%
75 and over	5.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Millville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	68.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.6%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Millville
No high school diploma	4.1%	10.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Millville
Drove alone	84.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Millville
1-unit, detached	76.9%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Millville
Poverty rate	6.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.74	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1986	1947