Kettle River vs Mahtowa

A side-by-side comparison of Kettle River and Mahtowa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mahtowa has the higher population (365 vs 133 in Kettle River). Mahtowa has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $63,125 in Kettle River). Mahtowa has the higher median home value ($242,400 vs $129,200 in Kettle River).

Population, income & housing

	Kettle River	Mahtowa
Population	133	365
Median age	56.5 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$85,000
Median home value	$129,200	$242,400
Housing units	66	154
Homeownership rate	88.5%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kettle River	Mahtowa
Population	182 → 133 (-26.9%)	358 → 365 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $63,125 (+41.3%)	$74,091 → $85,000 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $129,200 (+30.8%)	$140,300 → $242,400 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $767 (-9.8%)	—

Kettle River

Population

182133

Median household income

$44,688$63,125

Median home value

$98,800$129,200

Median gross rent

$850$767

Mahtowa

Population

358365

Median household income

$74,091$85,000

Median home value

$140,300$242,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kettle River	Mahtowa
Under 5	2.3%	19.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	10.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	19.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	19.5%	10.1%
75 and over	11.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kettle River	Mahtowa
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kettle River	Mahtowa
No high school diploma	12.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kettle River	Mahtowa
Drove alone	83.9%	80.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kettle River	Mahtowa
1-unit, detached	83.3%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Kettle River	Mahtowa
Poverty rate	7.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1971	1971