Darfur vs Madelia

A side-by-side comparison of Darfur and Madelia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Madelia has the higher population (2,380 vs 112 in Darfur). Madelia has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $62,500 in Darfur). Madelia has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $65,000 in Darfur).

Population, income & housing

	Darfur	Madelia
Population	112	2,380
Median age	36.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$77,500
Median home value	$65,000	$158,300
Median gross rent	—	$795
Housing units	82	913
Homeownership rate	77.6%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darfur	Madelia
Population	74 → 112 (+51.4%)	2,628 → 2,380 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $62,500 (+50.6%)	$43,700 → $77,500 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$32,200 → $65,000 (+101.9%)	$99,800 → $158,300 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$733 → $795 (+8.5%)

Darfur

Population

74112

Median household income

$41,500$62,500

Median home value

$32,200$65,000

Madelia

Population

2,6282,380

Median household income

$43,700$77,500

Median home value

$99,800$158,300

Median gross rent

$733$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darfur	Madelia
Under 5	5.4%	12.2%
5 to 17	23.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	15.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	5.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.9%
75 and over	1.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darfur	Madelia
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	34.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darfur	Madelia
No high school diploma	19.0%	12.7%
High school graduate	42.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darfur	Madelia
Drove alone	23.8%	77.9%
Carpooled	57.1%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.9%	2.8%
Other means	3.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darfur	Madelia
1-unit, detached	93.9%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Darfur	Madelia
Poverty rate	5.4%	9.9%
Average household size	1.93	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	38	26
Median year structure built	1942	1952