Stevens County vs Yellow Medicine County

A side-by-side comparison of Stevens County and Yellow Medicine County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stevens County has the higher population (9,686 vs 9,509 in Yellow Medicine County). Yellow Medicine County has the higher median household income ($71,573 vs $71,060 in Stevens County). Stevens County has the higher median home value ($180,800 vs $148,200 in Yellow Medicine County).

Population, income & housing

	Stevens County	Yellow Medicine County
Population	9,686	9,509
Median age	33.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,060	$71,573
Median home value	$180,800	$148,200
Median gross rent	$833	$688
Housing units	4,201	4,512
Homeownership rate	66.7%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stevens County	Yellow Medicine County
Population	9,789 → 9,686 (-1.1%)	9,814 → 9,509 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$60,559 → $71,060 (+17.3%)	$59,210 → $71,573 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$160,100 → $180,800 (+12.9%)	$110,000 → $148,200 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $833 (+10.6%)	$584 → $688 (+17.8%)

Stevens County

Population

9,7899,686

Median household income

$60,559$71,060

Median home value

$160,100$180,800

Median gross rent

$753$833

Yellow Medicine County

Population

9,8149,509

Median household income

$59,210$71,573

Median home value

$110,000$148,200

Median gross rent

$584$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stevens County	Yellow Medicine County
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	17.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.9%
75 and over	7.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stevens County	Yellow Medicine County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	88.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	2.5%
Asian	1.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stevens County	Yellow Medicine County
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.2%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stevens County	Yellow Medicine County
Drove alone	71.9%	79.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	7.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stevens County	Yellow Medicine County
1-unit, detached	77.7%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Stevens County	Yellow Medicine County
Poverty rate	10.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1967	1956