Dakota vs Minnesota City

A side-by-side comparison of Dakota and Minnesota City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dakota has the higher population (276 vs 152 in Minnesota City). Dakota has the higher median household income ($92,969 vs $62,250 in Minnesota City). Dakota has the higher median home value ($223,900 vs $167,800 in Minnesota City).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota	Minnesota City
Population	276	152
Median age	45.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,969	$62,250
Median home value	$223,900	$167,800
Median gross rent	—	$795
Housing units	151	83
Homeownership rate	94.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota	Minnesota City
Population	287 → 276 (-3.8%)	166 → 152 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$61,786 → $92,969 (+50.5%)	$64,750 → $62,250 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$162,900 → $223,900 (+37.4%)	$150,000 → $167,800 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,056 → $795 (-24.7%)

Dakota

Population

287276

Median household income

$61,786$92,969

Median home value

$162,900$223,900

Minnesota City

Population

166152

Median household income

$64,750$62,250

Median home value

$150,000$167,800

Median gross rent

$1,056$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota	Minnesota City
Under 5	0.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	15.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	20.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	18.5%	9.2%
75 and over	4.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota	Minnesota City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota	Minnesota City
No high school diploma	5.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	36.1%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota	Minnesota City
Drove alone	84.0%	93.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	2.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota	Minnesota City
1-unit, detached	94.7%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Dakota	Minnesota City
Poverty rate	2.2%	15.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1965	1956