Menahga vs Verndale

A side-by-side comparison of Menahga and Verndale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Menahga has the higher population (1,292 vs 479 in Verndale). Menahga has the higher median household income ($56,000 vs $44,083 in Verndale). Menahga has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $105,500 in Verndale).

Population, income & housing

	Menahga	Verndale
Population	1,292	479
Median age	44.1 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	$44,083
Median home value	$145,800	$105,500
Median gross rent	$772	$661
Housing units	568	248
Homeownership rate	61.7%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menahga	Verndale
Population	1,068 → 1,292 (+21.0%)	555 → 479 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$39,097 → $56,000 (+43.2%)	$41,071 → $44,083 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $145,800 (+35.4%)	$86,200 → $105,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $772 (+0.7%)	$564 → $661 (+17.2%)

Menahga

Population

1,0681,292

Median household income

$39,097$56,000

Median home value

$107,700$145,800

Median gross rent

$767$772

Verndale

Population

555479

Median household income

$41,071$44,083

Median home value

$86,200$105,500

Median gross rent

$564$661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menahga	Verndale
Under 5	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.7%
75 and over	15.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menahga	Verndale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menahga	Verndale
No high school diploma	7.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	30.6%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menahga	Verndale
Drove alone	71.5%	69.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menahga	Verndale
1-unit, detached	70.1%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Menahga	Verndale
Poverty rate	19.4%	13.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1974	1961