Menahga vs Wadena

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

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

Wadena has the higher population (4,361 vs 1,292 in Menahga). Menahga has the higher median household income ($56,000 vs $45,850 in Wadena). Wadena has the higher median home value ($158,700 vs $145,800 in Menahga).

Population, income & housing

	Menahga	Wadena
Population	1,292	4,361
Median age	44.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	$45,850
Median home value	$145,800	$158,700
Median gross rent	$772	$683
Housing units	568	2,171
Homeownership rate	61.7%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menahga	Wadena
Population	1,068 → 1,292 (+21.0%)	4,158 → 4,361 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$39,097 → $56,000 (+43.2%)	$38,639 → $45,850 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $145,800 (+35.4%)	$100,800 → $158,700 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $772 (+0.7%)	$658 → $683 (+3.8%)

Menahga

Population

1,0681,292

Median household income

$39,097$56,000

Median home value

$107,700$145,800

Median gross rent

$767$772

Wadena

Population

4,1584,361

Median household income

$38,639$45,850

Median home value

$100,800$158,700

Median gross rent

$658$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menahga	Wadena
Under 5	4.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	22.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	7.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.5%
75 and over	15.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menahga	Wadena
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menahga	Wadena
No high school diploma	7.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menahga	Wadena
Drove alone	71.5%	81.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	11.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	11.2%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menahga	Wadena
1-unit, detached	70.1%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	16.5%
20 or more units	10.6%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Menahga	Wadena
Poverty rate	19.4%	14.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1974	1963