Bemidji vs Blackduck

A side-by-side comparison of Bemidji and Blackduck: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bemidji has the higher population (15,490 vs 715 in Blackduck). Bemidji has the higher median household income ($53,850 vs $35,417 in Blackduck). Bemidji has the higher median home value ($189,500 vs $138,800 in Blackduck).

Population, income & housing

	Bemidji	Blackduck
Population	15,490	715
Median age	29.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,850	$35,417
Median home value	$189,500	$138,800
Median gross rent	$1,004	$749
Housing units	7,112	347
Homeownership rate	41.9%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bemidji	Blackduck
Population	15,132 → 15,490 (+2.4%)	884 → 715 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$32,193 → $53,850 (+67.3%)	$34,200 → $35,417 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $189,500 (+35.5%)	$95,800 → $138,800 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $1,004 (+27.6%)	$570 → $749 (+31.4%)

Bemidji

Population

15,13215,490

Median household income

$32,193$53,850

Median home value

$139,900$189,500

Median gross rent

$787$1,004

Blackduck

Population

884715

Median household income

$34,200$35,417

Median home value

$95,800$138,800

Median gross rent

$570$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bemidji	Blackduck
Under 5	6.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	24.2%	13.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	6.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.3%
75 and over	8.3%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bemidji	Blackduck
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	79.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.8%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bemidji	Blackduck
No high school diploma	7.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	24.3%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bemidji	Blackduck
Drove alone	77.9%	66.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	17.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	7.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bemidji	Blackduck
1-unit, detached	46.5%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	16.7%
20 or more units	21.6%	30.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Bemidji	Blackduck
Poverty rate	20.7%	22.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1980	1980