Blackduck vs Ponemah

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

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

Ponemah has the higher population (740 vs 715 in Blackduck). Since 2019, Ponemah's population has grown faster (-0.3% vs -19.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Blackduck	Ponemah
Population	715	740
Median age	34.8 yrs	18.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	—
Median home value	$138,800	—
Median gross rent	$749	$475
Housing units	347	158
Homeownership rate	46.3%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	31.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackduck	Ponemah
Population	884 → 715 (-19.1%)	742 → 740 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$34,200 → $35,417 (+3.6%)	$30,667 → $74,196 (+141.9%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $138,800 (+44.9%)	$93,000 → $102,700 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $749 (+31.4%)	$394 → $475 (+20.6%)

Blackduck

Population

884715

Median household income

$34,200$35,417

Median home value

$95,800$138,800

Median gross rent

$570$749

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)

	Blackduck	Ponemah
Under 5	6.9%	9.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	40.7%
18 to 24	13.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	2.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.9%
75 and over	12.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackduck	Ponemah
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	100.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackduck	Ponemah
No high school diploma	14.3%	21.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackduck	Ponemah
Drove alone	66.9%	88.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	11.7%
Walked	17.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackduck	Ponemah
1-unit, detached	47.6%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	30.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Blackduck	Ponemah
Poverty rate	22.6%	22.4%
Average household size	2.63	4.93
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1980	1982