Delano vs Otsego

A side-by-side comparison of Delano and Otsego: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Otsego has the higher population (21,358 vs 6,712 in Delano). Otsego has the higher median household income ($127,219 vs $118,091 in Delano). Otsego has the higher median home value ($367,200 vs $347,500 in Delano).

Population, income & housing

	Delano	Otsego
Population	6,712	21,358
Median age	35.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$118,091	$127,219
Median home value	$347,500	$367,200
Median gross rent	$909	$1,696
Housing units	2,579	7,240
Homeownership rate	77.3%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delano	Otsego
Population	6,085 → 6,712 (+10.3%)	16,763 → 21,358 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$101,798 → $118,091 (+16.0%)	$105,290 → $127,219 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$258,700 → $347,500 (+34.3%)	$261,600 → $367,200 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $909 (+6.8%)	$1,362 → $1,696 (+24.5%)

Delano

Population

6,0856,712

Median household income

$101,798$118,091

Median home value

$258,700$347,500

Median gross rent

$851$909

Otsego

Population

16,76321,358

Median household income

$105,290$127,219

Median home value

$261,600$367,200

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delano	Otsego
Under 5	8.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	22.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	16.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.1%
75 and over	6.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delano	Otsego
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delano	Otsego
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	23.4%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delano	Otsego
Drove alone	76.6%	76.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	13.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delano	Otsego
1-unit, detached	76.5%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	18.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	9.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Delano	Otsego
Poverty rate	3.2%	0.8%
Average household size	2.64	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1994	2007