Pine Springs vs Willernie

A side-by-side comparison of Pine Springs and Willernie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willernie has the higher population (466 vs 412 in Pine Springs). Pine Springs has the higher median household income ($167,750 vs $82,321 in Willernie). Pine Springs has the higher median home value ($613,600 vs $307,000 in Willernie).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Springs	Willernie
Population	412	466
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$167,750	$82,321
Median home value	$613,600	$307,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,348
Housing units	152	229
Homeownership rate	99.3%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	24.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Springs	Willernie
Population	444 → 412 (-7.2%)	368 → 466 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$138,000 → $167,750 (+21.6%)	$49,609 → $82,321 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$429,800 → $613,600 (+42.8%)	$183,800 → $307,000 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,227 → $1,348 (+9.9%)

Pine Springs

Population

444412

Median household income

$138,000$167,750

Median home value

$429,800$613,600

Willernie

Population

368466

Median household income

$49,609$82,321

Median home value

$183,800$307,000

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,348

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Springs	Willernie
Under 5	4.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	22.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	16.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.2%
75 and over	4.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Springs	Willernie
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	87.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Springs	Willernie
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	13.0%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Springs	Willernie
Drove alone	74.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	11.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Springs	Willernie
1-unit, detached	100.0%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pine Springs	Willernie
Poverty rate	2.4%	4.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1979	1955