Hugo vs Woodbury

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

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

Woodbury has the higher population (76,945 vs 16,076 in Hugo). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($126,222 vs $114,057 in Hugo). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($434,900 vs $394,200 in Hugo).

Population, income & housing

	Hugo	Woodbury
Population	16,076	76,945
Median age	39.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$114,057	$126,222
Median home value	$394,200	$434,900
Median gross rent	$1,896	$1,827
Housing units	6,522	29,147
Homeownership rate	89.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hugo	Woodbury
Population	14,767 → 16,076 (+8.9%)	69,906 → 76,945 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$89,969 → $114,057 (+26.8%)	$108,539 → $126,222 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$259,300 → $394,200 (+52.0%)	$323,000 → $434,900 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,896 (+26.4%)	$1,525 → $1,827 (+19.8%)

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

Woodbury

Population

69,90676,945

Median household income

$108,539$126,222

Median home value

$323,000$434,900

Median gross rent

$1,525$1,827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hugo	Woodbury
Under 5	8.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.3%
75 and over	5.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hugo	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	71.7%
Black or African American	3.5%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hugo	Woodbury
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	19.6%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	40.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hugo	Woodbury
Drove alone	79.2%	64.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.0%	24.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hugo	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	61.0%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	28.6%	25.4%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.3%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hugo	Woodbury
Poverty rate	1.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	2003	1997