Meeker County vs Wabasha County

A side-by-side comparison of Meeker County and Wabasha County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meeker County has the higher population (23,422 vs 21,519 in Wabasha County). Wabasha County has the higher median household income ($80,133 vs $75,037 in Meeker County). Wabasha County has the higher median home value ($245,800 vs $228,900 in Meeker County).

Population, income & housing

	Meeker County	Wabasha County
Population	23,422	21,519
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,037	$80,133
Median home value	$228,900	$245,800
Median gross rent	$894	$798
Housing units	10,671	10,229
Homeownership rate	81.0%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meeker County	Wabasha County
Population	23,105 → 23,422 (+1.4%)	21,537 → 21,519 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$63,452 → $75,037 (+18.3%)	$65,226 → $80,133 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $228,900 (+34.5%)	$183,900 → $245,800 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $894 (+18.4%)	$690 → $798 (+15.7%)

Meeker County

Population

23,10523,422

Median household income

$63,452$75,037

Median home value

$170,200$228,900

Median gross rent

$755$894

Wabasha County

Population

21,53721,519

Median household income

$65,226$80,133

Median home value

$183,900$245,800

Median gross rent

$690$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meeker County	Wabasha County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.9%
75 and over	8.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meeker County	Wabasha County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meeker County	Wabasha County
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meeker County	Wabasha County
Drove alone	82.3%	75.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.6%	10.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meeker County	Wabasha County
1-unit, detached	81.6%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Meeker County	Wabasha County
Poverty rate	8.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1975	1977