Cass County vs Le Sueur County

A side-by-side comparison of Cass County and Le Sueur County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cass County and Le Sueur County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cass County has the higher population (30,688 vs 28,936 in Le Sueur County). Le Sueur County has the higher median household income ($90,218 vs $64,937 in Cass County). Le Sueur County has the higher median home value ($287,700 vs $262,300 in Cass County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	Le Sueur County
Population	30,688	28,936
Median age	49.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,937	$90,218
Median home value	$262,300	$287,700
Median gross rent	$889	$885
Housing units	24,294	12,978
Homeownership rate	84.9%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	Le Sueur County
Population	29,268 → 30,688 (+4.9%)	28,242 → 28,936 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$52,204 → $64,937 (+24.4%)	$71,080 → $90,218 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$194,200 → $262,300 (+35.1%)	$207,400 → $287,700 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $889 (+20.3%)	$773 → $885 (+14.5%)

Cass County

Population

29,26830,688

Median household income

$52,204$64,937

Median home value

$194,200$262,300

Median gross rent

$739$889

Le Sueur County

Population

28,24228,936

Median household income

$71,080$90,218

Median home value

$207,400$287,700

Median gross rent

$773$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	Le Sueur County
Under 5	4.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	10.9%
75 and over	10.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	Le Sueur County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	Le Sueur County
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	Le Sueur County
Drove alone	72.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.8%	8.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	Le Sueur County
1-unit, detached	85.2%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	Le Sueur County
Poverty rate	12.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1990	1973