Homer vs Minnesota City

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

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

Homer has the higher population (189 vs 152 in Minnesota City). Homer has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $62,250 in Minnesota City). Homer has the higher median home value ($283,300 vs $167,800 in Minnesota City).

Population, income & housing

	Homer	Minnesota City
Population	189	152
Median age	37.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$62,250
Median home value	$283,300	$167,800
Median gross rent	—	$795
Housing units	82	83
Homeownership rate	93.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homer	Minnesota City
Population	193 → 189 (-2.1%)	166 → 152 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$60,750 → $81,250 (+33.7%)	$64,750 → $62,250 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$217,000 → $283,300 (+30.6%)	$150,000 → $167,800 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,056 → $795 (-24.7%)

Homer

Population

193189

Median household income

$60,750$81,250

Median home value

$217,000$283,300

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)

	Homer	Minnesota City
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	22.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	4.8%	7.9%
35 to 44	5.3%	20.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	5.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	18.0%	9.2%
75 and over	7.9%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homer	Minnesota City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homer	Minnesota City
No high school diploma	1.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	14.3%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homer	Minnesota City
Drove alone	43.3%	93.6%
Carpooled	54.8%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homer	Minnesota City
1-unit, detached	75.6%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Homer	Minnesota City
Poverty rate	6.9%	15.0%
Average household size	2.95	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1995	1956