Hugo vs Stillwater

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

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

Stillwater has the higher population (19,323 vs 16,076 in Hugo). Hugo has the higher median household income ($114,057 vs $109,297 in Stillwater). Stillwater has the higher median home value ($398,100 vs $394,200 in Hugo).

Population, income & housing

	Hugo	Stillwater
Population	16,076	19,323
Median age	39.2 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$114,057	$109,297
Median home value	$394,200	$398,100
Median gross rent	$1,896	$1,408
Housing units	6,522	8,446
Homeownership rate	89.1%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hugo	Stillwater
Population	14,767 → 16,076 (+8.9%)	19,341 → 19,323 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$89,969 → $114,057 (+26.8%)	$91,350 → $109,297 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$259,300 → $394,200 (+52.0%)	$291,400 → $398,100 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,896 (+26.4%)	$1,014 → $1,408 (+38.9%)

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

Stillwater

Population

19,34119,323

Median household income

$91,350$109,297

Median home value

$291,400$398,100

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hugo	Stillwater
Under 5	8.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.5%
75 and over	5.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hugo	Stillwater
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	84.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hugo	Stillwater
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	19.6%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hugo	Stillwater
Drove alone	79.2%	69.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.0%	19.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hugo	Stillwater
1-unit, detached	61.0%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	28.6%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hugo	Stillwater
Poverty rate	1.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	2003	1982