Blaine vs Fridley

A side-by-side comparison of Blaine and Fridley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blaine has the higher population (71,261 vs 29,944 in Fridley). Blaine has the higher median household income ($103,382 vs $79,274 in Fridley). Blaine has the higher median home value ($327,500 vs $277,100 in Fridley).

Population, income & housing

	Blaine	Fridley
Population	71,261	29,944
Median age	37.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$103,382	$79,274
Median home value	$327,500	$277,100
Median gross rent	$1,707	$1,270
Housing units	25,955	12,565
Homeownership rate	85.0%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blaine	Fridley
Population	64,114 → 71,261 (+11.1%)	27,668 → 29,944 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$84,933 → $103,382 (+21.7%)	$63,836 → $79,274 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$230,900 → $327,500 (+41.8%)	$198,200 → $277,100 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,707 (+37.6%)	$985 → $1,270 (+28.9%)

Blaine

Population

64,11471,261

Median household income

$84,933$103,382

Median home value

$230,900$327,500

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,707

Fridley

Population

27,66829,944

Median household income

$63,836$79,274

Median home value

$198,200$277,100

Median gross rent

$985$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blaine	Fridley
Under 5	6.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.7%
75 and over	4.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blaine	Fridley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	57.2%
Black or African American	8.6%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	9.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blaine	Fridley
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	24.9%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blaine	Fridley
Drove alone	69.9%	70.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.3%
Public transit	1.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.8%	13.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blaine	Fridley
1-unit, detached	65.2%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	8.8%
20 or more units	5.7%	22.5%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Blaine	Fridley
Poverty rate	6.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1995	1968