Carlton vs Cloquet

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

Carlton 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 891 in Carlton). Cloquet has the higher median household income ($63,854 vs $61,944 in Carlton). Carlton has the higher median home value ($205,300 vs $200,100 in Cloquet).

Population, income & housing

	Carlton	Cloquet
Population	891	12,582
Median age	50.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,944	$63,854
Median home value	$205,300	$200,100
Median gross rent	$914	$978
Housing units	369	5,672
Homeownership rate	69.2%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlton	Cloquet
Population	1,098 → 891 (-18.9%)	12,005 → 12,582 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$47,059 → $61,944 (+31.6%)	$54,065 → $63,854 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$145,700 → $205,300 (+40.9%)	$142,700 → $200,100 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $914 (+20.9%)	$761 → $978 (+28.5%)

Carlton

Population

1,098891

Median household income

$47,059$61,944

Median home value

$145,700$205,300

Median gross rent

$756$914

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)

	Carlton	Cloquet
Under 5	1.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.9%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	19.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.1%
75 and over	13.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlton	Cloquet
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	85.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	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	4.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlton	Cloquet
No high school diploma	8.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	35.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlton	Cloquet
Drove alone	75.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.3%	6.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlton	Cloquet
1-unit, detached	72.1%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.5%
20 or more units	11.7%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Carlton	Cloquet
Poverty rate	5.5%	13.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1965	1962