Elgin vs Zumbro Falls

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

Elgin and Zumbro Falls 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 176 in Zumbro Falls). Zumbro Falls has the higher median household income ($91,458 vs $87,000 in Elgin). Zumbro Falls has the higher median home value ($246,400 vs $218,200 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Zumbro Falls
Population	1,147	176
Median age	31.8 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,000	$91,458
Median home value	$218,200	$246,400
Median gross rent	$738	$954
Housing units	481	90
Homeownership rate	77.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Zumbro Falls
Population	1,268 → 1,147 (-9.5%)	265 → 176 (-33.6%)
Median household income	$60,208 → $87,000 (+44.5%)	$73,750 → $91,458 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $218,200 (+42.1%)	$160,700 → $246,400 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $738 (+20.4%)	$894 → $954 (+6.7%)

Elgin

Population

1,2681,147

Median household income

$60,208$87,000

Median home value

$153,500$218,200

Median gross rent

$613$738

Zumbro Falls

Population

265176

Median household income

$73,750$91,458

Median home value

$160,700$246,400

Median gross rent

$894$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Zumbro Falls
Under 5	9.1%	8.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	23.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	5.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	3.3%	8.5%
75 and over	5.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Zumbro Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Zumbro Falls
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Zumbro Falls
Drove alone	84.3%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Zumbro Falls
1-unit, detached	76.9%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Zumbro Falls
Poverty rate	6.5%	1.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	41
Median year structure built	1986	1978