Cokato vs Hanover

A side-by-side comparison of Cokato and Hanover: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hanover has the higher population (3,495 vs 2,780 in Cokato). Hanover has the higher median household income ($147,944 vs $71,090 in Cokato). Hanover has the higher median home value ($421,700 vs $216,100 in Cokato).

Population, income & housing

	Cokato	Hanover
Population	2,780	3,495
Median age	32.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,090	$147,944
Median home value	$216,100	$421,700
Median gross rent	$926	$1,806
Housing units	1,093	1,197
Homeownership rate	67.0%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cokato	Hanover
Population	2,738 → 2,780 (+1.5%)	3,298 → 3,495 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$52,639 → $71,090 (+35.1%)	$104,688 → $147,944 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $216,100 (+47.8%)	$297,800 → $421,700 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $926 (+20.3%)	$589 → $1,806 (+206.6%)

Cokato

Population

2,7382,780

Median household income

$52,639$71,090

Median home value

$146,200$216,100

Median gross rent

$770$926

Hanover

Population

3,2983,495

Median household income

$104,688$147,944

Median home value

$297,800$421,700

Median gross rent

$589$1,806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cokato	Hanover
Under 5	11.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	24.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.8%
75 and over	8.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cokato	Hanover
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	1.3%
Asian	0.1%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cokato	Hanover
No high school diploma	11.4%	0.5%
High school graduate	42.4%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cokato	Hanover
Drove alone	83.8%	73.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	1.8%
Public transit	2.4%	0.5%
Walked	3.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	22.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cokato	Hanover
1-unit, detached	64.6%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.8%
20 or more units	17.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cokato	Hanover
Poverty rate	12.5%	2.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1976	2003