Clarkfield vs Granite Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Clarkfield and Granite Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Granite Falls has the higher population (2,612 vs 868 in Clarkfield). Granite Falls has the higher median household income ($59,402 vs $57,232 in Clarkfield). Granite Falls has the higher median home value ($139,700 vs $86,400 in Clarkfield).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkfield	Granite Falls
Population	868	2,612
Median age	34.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,232	$59,402
Median home value	$86,400	$139,700
Median gross rent	$792	$818
Housing units	422	1,258
Homeownership rate	77.8%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkfield	Granite Falls
Population	903 → 868 (-3.9%)	2,660 → 2,612 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$48,917 → $57,232 (+17.0%)	$58,690 → $59,402 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $86,400 (+47.9%)	$125,300 → $139,700 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $792 (+23.0%)	$583 → $818 (+40.3%)

Clarkfield

Population

903868

Median household income

$48,917$57,232

Median home value

$58,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$644$792

Granite Falls

Population

2,6602,612

Median household income

$58,690$59,402

Median home value

$125,300$139,700

Median gross rent

$583$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkfield	Granite Falls
Under 5	9.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	9.8%
75 and over	11.2%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkfield	Granite Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	7.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkfield	Granite Falls
No high school diploma	6.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	46.1%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkfield	Granite Falls
Drove alone	85.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkfield	Granite Falls
1-unit, detached	83.9%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	8.8%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Clarkfield	Granite Falls
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1955	1970