Cokato vs Montrose

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

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

Montrose has the higher population (3,840 vs 2,780 in Cokato). Montrose has the higher median household income ($98,832 vs $71,090 in Cokato). Montrose has the higher median home value ($260,100 vs $216,100 in Cokato).

Population, income & housing

	Cokato	Montrose
Population	2,780	3,840
Median age	32.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,090	$98,832
Median home value	$216,100	$260,100
Median gross rent	$926	$1,313
Housing units	1,093	1,503
Homeownership rate	67.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cokato	Montrose
Population	2,738 → 2,780 (+1.5%)	3,182 → 3,840 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$52,639 → $71,090 (+35.1%)	$72,875 → $98,832 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $216,100 (+47.8%)	$176,200 → $260,100 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $926 (+20.3%)	$1,002 → $1,313 (+31.0%)

Cokato

Population

2,7382,780

Median household income

$52,639$71,090

Median home value

$146,200$216,100

Median gross rent

$770$926

Montrose

Population

3,1823,840

Median household income

$72,875$98,832

Median home value

$176,200$260,100

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cokato	Montrose
Under 5	11.4%	10.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	3.3%
75 and over	8.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cokato	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.9%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cokato	Montrose
No high school diploma	11.4%	11.0%
High school graduate	42.4%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cokato	Montrose
Drove alone	83.8%	85.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.1%
Public transit	2.4%	0.8%
Walked	3.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cokato	Montrose
1-unit, detached	64.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	12.8%
20 or more units	17.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Cokato	Montrose
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1976	2002