Echo vs Granite Falls

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

Echo 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 205 in Echo). Echo has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $59,402 in Granite Falls). Granite Falls has the higher median home value ($139,700 vs $88,300 in Echo).

Population, income & housing

	Echo	Granite Falls
Population	205	2,612
Median age	53.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$59,402
Median home value	$88,300	$139,700
Median gross rent	$582	$818
Housing units	120	1,258
Homeownership rate	84.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Echo	Granite Falls
Population	288 → 205 (-28.8%)	2,660 → 2,612 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $65,625 (+62.4%)	$58,690 → $59,402 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $88,300 (+69.5%)	$125,300 → $139,700 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$469 → $582 (+24.1%)	$583 → $818 (+40.3%)

Echo

Population

288205

Median household income

$40,417$65,625

Median home value

$52,100$88,300

Median gross rent

$469$582

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)

	Echo	Granite Falls
Under 5	4.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	9.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.4%
35 to 44	5.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	30.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.8%
75 and over	2.0%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Echo	Granite Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	78.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	7.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Echo	Granite Falls
No high school diploma	4.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	26.2%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	55.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Echo	Granite Falls
Drove alone	90.4%	80.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Echo	Granite Falls
1-unit, detached	91.7%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Echo	Granite Falls
Poverty rate	20.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1952	1970