Blackduck vs Red Lake

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

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

Red Lake has the higher population (1,506 vs 715 in Blackduck). Red Lake has the higher median household income ($55,092 vs $35,417 in Blackduck). Blackduck has the higher median home value ($138,800 vs $136,000 in Red Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Blackduck	Red Lake
Population	715	1,506
Median age	34.8 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$55,092
Median home value	$138,800	$136,000
Median gross rent	$749	$426
Housing units	347	512
Homeownership rate	46.3%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackduck	Red Lake
Population	884 → 715 (-19.1%)	1,787 → 1,506 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$34,200 → $35,417 (+3.6%)	$40,250 → $55,092 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $138,800 (+44.9%)	$69,700 → $136,000 (+95.1%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $749 (+31.4%)	$568 → $426 (-25.0%)

Blackduck

Population

884715

Median household income

$34,200$35,417

Median home value

$95,800$138,800

Median gross rent

$570$749

Red Lake

Population

1,7871,506

Median household income

$40,250$55,092

Median home value

$69,700$136,000

Median gross rent

$568$426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackduck	Red Lake
Under 5	6.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	31.9%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	3.7%
75 and over	12.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackduck	Red Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	4.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	94.8%
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	Red Lake
No high school diploma	14.3%	16.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackduck	Red Lake
Drove alone	66.9%	80.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	7.9%
Walked	17.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackduck	Red Lake
1-unit, detached	47.6%	97.3%
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%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Blackduck	Red Lake
Poverty rate	22.6%	40.9%
Average household size	2.63	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	9
Median year structure built	1980	1988