Barnum vs Cloquet

A side-by-side comparison of Barnum and Cloquet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cloquet has the higher population (12,582 vs 491 in Barnum). Cloquet has the higher median household income ($63,854 vs $49,583 in Barnum). Cloquet has the higher median home value ($200,100 vs $131,300 in Barnum).

Population, income & housing

	Barnum	Cloquet
Population	491	12,582
Median age	45.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$63,854
Median home value	$131,300	$200,100
Median gross rent	$902	$978
Housing units	263	5,672
Homeownership rate	57.3%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnum	Cloquet
Population	649 → 491 (-24.3%)	12,005 → 12,582 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$57,100 → $49,583 (-13.2%)	$54,065 → $63,854 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $131,300 (+14.1%)	$142,700 → $200,100 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $902 (+17.0%)	$761 → $978 (+28.5%)

Barnum

Population

649491

Median household income

$57,100$49,583

Median home value

$115,100$131,300

Median gross rent

$771$902

Cloquet

Population

12,00512,582

Median household income

$54,065$63,854

Median home value

$142,700$200,100

Median gross rent

$761$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnum	Cloquet
Under 5	3.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	23.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.1%
75 and over	12.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnum	Cloquet
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnum	Cloquet
No high school diploma	6.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	48.6%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnum	Cloquet
Drove alone	79.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.7%	6.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnum	Cloquet
1-unit, detached	53.6%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	8.7%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Barnum	Cloquet
Poverty rate	23.4%	13.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1970	1962