Cottage Grove vs Hugo

A side-by-side comparison of Cottage Grove and Hugo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cottage Grove has the higher population (40,124 vs 16,076 in Hugo). Cottage Grove has the higher median household income ($121,452 vs $114,057 in Hugo). Hugo has the higher median home value ($394,200 vs $359,600 in Cottage Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Cottage Grove	Hugo
Population	40,124	16,076
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$121,452	$114,057
Median home value	$359,600	$394,200
Median gross rent	$1,644	$1,896
Housing units	14,038	6,522
Homeownership rate	88.4%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottage Grove	Hugo
Population	36,602 → 40,124 (+9.6%)	14,767 → 16,076 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$102,039 → $121,452 (+19.0%)	$89,969 → $114,057 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$249,800 → $359,600 (+44.0%)	$259,300 → $394,200 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,342 → $1,644 (+22.5%)	$1,500 → $1,896 (+26.4%)

Cottage Grove

Population

36,60240,124

Median household income

$102,039$121,452

Median home value

$249,800$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,644

Hugo

Population

14,76716,076

Median household income

$89,969$114,057

Median home value

$259,300$394,200

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottage Grove	Hugo
Under 5	7.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	17.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.1%
75 and over	5.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottage Grove	Hugo
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	87.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottage Grove	Hugo
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	23.6%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottage Grove	Hugo
Drove alone	71.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	16.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottage Grove	Hugo
1-unit, detached	80.5%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	28.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	3.7%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottage Grove	Hugo
Poverty rate	4.2%	1.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1988	2003