Backus vs Pillager

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

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

Pillager has the higher population (494 vs 287 in Backus). Pillager has the higher median household income ($66,771 vs $58,750 in Backus). Pillager has the higher median home value ($148,300 vs $104,700 in Backus).

Population, income & housing

	Backus	Pillager
Population	287	494
Median age	47.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$66,771
Median home value	$104,700	$148,300
Median gross rent	$490	$1,011
Housing units	167	206
Homeownership rate	76.1%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Backus	Pillager
Population	322 → 287 (-10.9%)	419 → 494 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$40,804 → $58,750 (+44.0%)	$44,018 → $66,771 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $104,700 (+11.0%)	$125,600 → $148,300 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $490 (-39.4%)	$807 → $1,011 (+25.3%)

Backus

Population

322287

Median household income

$40,804$58,750

Median home value

$94,300$104,700

Median gross rent

$808$490

Pillager

Population

419494

Median household income

$44,018$66,771

Median home value

$125,600$148,300

Median gross rent

$807$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Backus	Pillager
Under 5	9.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	1.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	18.6%
45 to 54	16.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	6.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	7.5%
75 and over	7.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Backus	Pillager
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	7.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
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%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Backus	Pillager
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	41.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Backus	Pillager
Drove alone	89.7%	83.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Backus	Pillager
1-unit, detached	78.4%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Backus	Pillager
Poverty rate	19.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1968	1979