Clarkfield vs Porter

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

Clarkfield and Porter 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 190 in Porter). Clarkfield has the higher median household income ($57,232 vs $54,125 in Porter). Porter has the higher median home value ($99,300 vs $86,400 in Clarkfield).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkfield	Porter
Population	868	190
Median age	34.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,232	$54,125
Median home value	$86,400	$99,300
Median gross rent	$792	$875
Housing units	422	114
Homeownership rate	77.8%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkfield	Porter
Population	903 → 868 (-3.9%)	181 → 190 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$48,917 → $57,232 (+17.0%)	$45,833 → $54,125 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $86,400 (+47.9%)	$68,600 → $99,300 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $792 (+23.0%)	$425 → $875 (+105.9%)

Clarkfield

Population

903868

Median household income

$48,917$57,232

Median home value

$58,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$644$792

Porter

Population

181190

Median household income

$45,833$54,125

Median home value

$68,600$99,300

Median gross rent

$425$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkfield	Porter
Under 5	9.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	10.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	14.7%
75 and over	11.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkfield	Porter
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkfield	Porter
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	46.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkfield	Porter
Drove alone	85.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkfield	Porter
1-unit, detached	83.9%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarkfield	Porter
Poverty rate	11.4%	11.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1955	1938