Echo vs St. Leo

A side-by-side comparison of Echo and St. Leo: population, income, housing, and more.

Echo and St. Leo 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 129 in St. Leo). Echo has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $57,500 in St. Leo). Since 2019, St. Leo's population has grown faster (+15.2% vs -28.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Echo	St. Leo
Population	205	129
Median age	53.8 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$57,500
Median home value	$88,300	—
Median gross rent	$582	—
Housing units	120	74
Homeownership rate	84.4%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Echo	St. Leo
Population	288 → 205 (-28.8%)	112 → 129 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $65,625 (+62.4%)	$34,375 → $57,500 (+67.3%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $88,300 (+69.5%)	$42,000 → $48,800 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$469 → $582 (+24.1%)	$291 → $519 (+78.4%)

Echo

Population

288205

Median household income

$40,417$65,625

Median home value

$52,100$88,300

Median gross rent

$469$582

St. Leo

Population

112129

Median household income

$34,375$57,500

Median home value

$42,000$48,800

Median gross rent

$291$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Echo	St. Leo
Under 5	4.9%	12.4%
5 to 17	9.3%	1.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	27.1%
35 to 44	5.9%	5.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	2.3%
55 to 64	30.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	37.2%
75 and over	2.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Echo	St. Leo
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	91.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.7%
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%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Echo	St. Leo
No high school diploma	4.9%	21.8%
High school graduate	26.2%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	55.5%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Echo	St. Leo
Drove alone	90.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	22.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Echo	St. Leo
1-unit, detached	91.7%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	16.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Echo	St. Leo
Poverty rate	20.5%	14.7%
Average household size	2.14	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	17	35
Median year structure built	1952	1966