Backus vs Chickamaw Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Backus and Chickamaw Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Backus has the higher population (287 vs 218 in Chickamaw Beach). Chickamaw Beach has the higher median household income ($85,625 vs $58,750 in Backus). Chickamaw Beach has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $104,700 in Backus).

Population, income & housing

	Backus	Chickamaw Beach
Population	287	218
Median age	47.9 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$85,625
Median home value	$104,700	$275,000
Median gross rent	$490	—
Housing units	167	140
Homeownership rate	76.1%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Backus	Chickamaw Beach
Population	322 → 287 (-10.9%)	110 → 218 (+98.2%)
Median household income	$40,804 → $58,750 (+44.0%)	$64,375 → $85,625 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $104,700 (+11.0%)	$201,800 → $275,000 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $490 (-39.4%)	—

Backus

Population

322287

Median household income

$40,804$58,750

Median home value

$94,300$104,700

Median gross rent

$808$490

Chickamaw Beach

Population

110218

Median household income

$64,375$85,625

Median home value

$201,800$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Backus	Chickamaw Beach
Under 5	9.4%	18.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	1.7%	0.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	16.4%	2.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.0%
75 and over	7.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Backus	Chickamaw Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	7.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	3.2%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Backus	Chickamaw Beach
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	41.5%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Backus	Chickamaw Beach
Drove alone	89.7%	66.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	9.1%
Other means	1.6%	13.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Backus	Chickamaw Beach
1-unit, detached	78.4%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Backus	Chickamaw Beach
Poverty rate	19.2%	4.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1968	1978