Dakota vs Rollingstone

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

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

Rollingstone has the higher population (590 vs 276 in Dakota). Dakota has the higher median household income ($92,969 vs $86,500 in Rollingstone). Dakota has the higher median home value ($223,900 vs $217,400 in Rollingstone).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota	Rollingstone
Population	276	590
Median age	45.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,969	$86,500
Median home value	$223,900	$217,400
Median gross rent	—	$729
Housing units	151	229
Homeownership rate	94.9%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota	Rollingstone
Population	287 → 276 (-3.8%)	644 → 590 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$61,786 → $92,969 (+50.5%)	$71,875 → $86,500 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$162,900 → $223,900 (+37.4%)	$166,700 → $217,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $729 (+8.0%)

Dakota

Population

287276

Median household income

$61,786$92,969

Median home value

$162,900$223,900

Rollingstone

Population

644590

Median household income

$71,875$86,500

Median home value

$166,700$217,400

Median gross rent

$675$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota	Rollingstone
Under 5	0.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	20.0%
18 to 24	15.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	18.5%	12.4%
75 and over	4.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota	Rollingstone
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	92.5%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota	Rollingstone
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota	Rollingstone
Drove alone	84.0%	82.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	5.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota	Rollingstone
1-unit, detached	94.7%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dakota	Rollingstone
Poverty rate	2.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1965	1980