Olmsted County vs Wright County

A side-by-side comparison of Olmsted County and Wright County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Olmsted County has the higher population (163,425 vs 145,270 in Wright County). Wright County has the higher median household income ($106,666 vs $93,494 in Olmsted County). Wright County has the higher median home value ($332,800 vs $304,500 in Olmsted County).

Population, income & housing

	Olmsted County	Wright County
Population	163,425	145,270
Median age	37.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,494	$106,666
Median home value	$304,500	$332,800
Median gross rent	$1,283	$1,246
Housing units	70,255	56,153
Homeownership rate	70.7%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olmsted County	Wright County
Population	154,809 → 163,425 (+5.6%)	134,438 → 145,270 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$76,951 → $93,494 (+21.5%)	$84,974 → $106,666 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$214,600 → $304,500 (+41.9%)	$238,500 → $332,800 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,283 (+32.5%)	$969 → $1,246 (+28.6%)

Olmsted County

Population

154,809163,425

Median household income

$76,951$93,494

Median home value

$214,600$304,500

Median gross rent

$968$1,283

Wright County

Population

134,438145,270

Median household income

$84,974$106,666

Median home value

$238,500$332,800

Median gross rent

$969$1,246

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olmsted County	Wright County
Under 5	6.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.1%
75 and over	7.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olmsted County	Wright County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	88.9%
Black or African American	7.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olmsted County	Wright County
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	19.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olmsted County	Wright County
Drove alone	67.6%	77.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.3%
Public transit	3.2%	0.4%
Walked	3.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.6%	13.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olmsted County	Wright County
1-unit, detached	64.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	13.3%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Olmsted County	Wright County
Poverty rate	7.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1987	1994