Bemidji vs Ponemah

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

Bemidji and Ponemah 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 740 in Ponemah). Since 2019, Bemidji's population has grown faster (+2.4% vs -0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bemidji	Ponemah
Population	15,490	740
Median age	29.8 yrs	18.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,850	—
Median home value	$189,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,004	$475
Housing units	7,112	158
Homeownership rate	41.9%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	31.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bemidji	Ponemah
Population	15,132 → 15,490 (+2.4%)	742 → 740 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$32,193 → $53,850 (+67.3%)	$30,667 → $74,196 (+141.9%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $189,500 (+35.5%)	$93,000 → $102,700 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $1,004 (+27.6%)	$394 → $475 (+20.6%)

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

Ponemah

Population

742740

Median household income

$30,667$74,196

Median home value

$93,000$102,700

Median gross rent

$394$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bemidji	Ponemah
Under 5	6.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	40.7%
18 to 24	24.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	6.5%	6.9%
55 to 64	8.1%	2.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	6.9%
75 and over	8.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bemidji	Ponemah
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.8%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bemidji	Ponemah
No high school diploma	7.6%	21.2%
High school graduate	24.3%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bemidji	Ponemah
Drove alone	77.9%	88.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	11.7%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bemidji	Ponemah
1-unit, detached	46.5%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	21.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Bemidji	Ponemah
Poverty rate	20.7%	22.4%
Average household size	2.15	4.93
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1980	1982