Aitkin vs Tamarack

A side-by-side comparison of Aitkin and Tamarack: population, income, housing, and more.

Aitkin and Tamarack are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aitkin has the higher population (2,217 vs 42 in Tamarack). Tamarack has the higher median household income ($49,375 vs $45,813 in Aitkin). Aitkin has the higher median home value ($172,800 vs $158,300 in Tamarack).

Population, income & housing

	Aitkin	Tamarack
Population	2,217	42
Median age	47.3 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,813	$49,375
Median home value	$172,800	$158,300
Median gross rent	$657	—
Housing units	1,068	37
Homeownership rate	60.8%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aitkin	Tamarack
Population	2,330 → 2,217 (-4.8%)	115 → 42 (-63.5%)
Median household income	$35,294 → $45,813 (+29.8%)	$39,375 → $49,375 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $172,800 (+42.3%)	$67,500 → $158,300 (+134.5%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $657 (-4.4%)	—

Aitkin

Population

2,3302,217

Median household income

$35,294$45,813

Median home value

$121,400$172,800

Median gross rent

$687$657

Tamarack

Population

11542

Median household income

$39,375$49,375

Median home value

$67,500$158,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aitkin	Tamarack
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.2%	4.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	42.9%
65 to 74	12.1%	23.8%
75 and over	19.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aitkin	Tamarack
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	4.8%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aitkin	Tamarack
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aitkin	Tamarack
Drove alone	70.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aitkin	Tamarack
1-unit, detached	57.6%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	24.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Aitkin	Tamarack
Poverty rate	19.1%	19.0%
Average household size	2.22	1.56
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1969	1967