Elgin vs Plainview

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

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

Plainview has the higher population (3,501 vs 1,147 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median household income ($87,000 vs $69,800 in Plainview). Plainview has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $218,200 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Plainview
Population	1,147	3,501
Median age	31.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,000	$69,800
Median home value	$218,200	$230,600
Median gross rent	$738	$774
Housing units	481	1,389
Homeownership rate	77.8%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Plainview
Population	1,268 → 1,147 (-9.5%)	3,277 → 3,501 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$60,208 → $87,000 (+44.5%)	$60,969 → $69,800 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $218,200 (+42.1%)	$146,400 → $230,600 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $738 (+20.4%)	$622 → $774 (+24.4%)

Elgin

Population

1,2681,147

Median household income

$60,208$87,000

Median home value

$153,500$218,200

Median gross rent

$613$738

Plainview

Population

3,2773,501

Median household income

$60,969$69,800

Median home value

$146,400$230,600

Median gross rent

$622$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Plainview
Under 5	9.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	24.1%
18 to 24	12.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	6.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	3.3%	7.2%
75 and over	5.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Plainview
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	35.1%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Plainview
Drove alone	84.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.5%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Plainview
1-unit, detached	76.9%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Plainview
Poverty rate	6.5%	14.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1986	1980