Echo vs Hazel Run

A side-by-side comparison of Echo and Hazel Run: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Echo has the higher population (205 vs 74 in Hazel Run). Hazel Run has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $65,625 in Echo). Hazel Run has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $88,300 in Echo).

Population, income & housing

	Echo	Hazel Run
Population	205	74
Median age	53.8 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$76,250
Median home value	$88,300	$115,600
Median gross rent	$582	$768
Housing units	120	26
Homeownership rate	84.4%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Echo	Hazel Run
Population	288 → 205 (-28.8%)	64 → 74 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $65,625 (+62.4%)	$42,500 → $76,250 (+79.4%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $88,300 (+69.5%)	$75,000 → $115,600 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$469 → $582 (+24.1%)	$725 → $768 (+5.9%)

Echo

Population

288205

Median household income

$40,417$65,625

Median home value

$52,100$88,300

Median gross rent

$469$582

Hazel Run

Population

6474

Median household income

$42,500$76,250

Median home value

$75,000$115,600

Median gross rent

$725$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Echo	Hazel Run
Under 5	4.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	9.3%	36.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	23.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	2.7%
55 to 64	30.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.1%
75 and over	2.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Echo	Hazel Run
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Echo	Hazel Run
No high school diploma	4.9%	19.5%
High school graduate	26.2%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	55.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Echo	Hazel Run
Drove alone	90.4%	61.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	30.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Echo	Hazel Run
1-unit, detached	91.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Echo	Hazel Run
Poverty rate	20.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1952	1938