Clarkfield vs Hanley Falls

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

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

Clarkfield has the higher population (868 vs 288 in Hanley Falls). Hanley Falls has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $57,232 in Clarkfield). Clarkfield has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $76,700 in Hanley Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkfield	Hanley Falls
Population	868	288
Median age	34.4 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,232	$57,917
Median home value	$86,400	$76,700
Median gross rent	$792	$628
Housing units	422	131
Homeownership rate	77.8%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkfield	Hanley Falls
Population	903 → 868 (-3.9%)	497 → 288 (-42.1%)
Median household income	$48,917 → $57,232 (+17.0%)	$46,667 → $57,917 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $86,400 (+47.9%)	$67,200 → $76,700 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $792 (+23.0%)	$721 → $628 (-12.9%)

Clarkfield

Population

903868

Median household income

$48,917$57,232

Median home value

$58,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$644$792

Hanley Falls

Population

497288

Median household income

$46,667$57,917

Median home value

$67,200$76,700

Median gross rent

$721$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkfield	Hanley Falls
Under 5	9.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	20.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	6.3%
55 to 64	7.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	5.9%
75 and over	11.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkfield	Hanley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	70.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	1.0%
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%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkfield	Hanley Falls
No high school diploma	6.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	46.1%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkfield	Hanley Falls
Drove alone	85.5%	91.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkfield	Hanley Falls
1-unit, detached	83.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	24.4%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Clarkfield	Hanley Falls
Poverty rate	11.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1955	1955