Backus vs Remer

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

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

Remer has the higher population (348 vs 287 in Backus). Backus has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $42,750 in Remer). Remer has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $104,700 in Backus).

Population, income & housing

	Backus	Remer
Population	287	348
Median age	47.9 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$42,750
Median home value	$104,700	$146,300
Median gross rent	$490	$686
Housing units	167	219
Homeownership rate	76.1%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Backus	Remer
Population	322 → 287 (-10.9%)	354 → 348 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$40,804 → $58,750 (+44.0%)	$25,893 → $42,750 (+65.1%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $104,700 (+11.0%)	$71,400 → $146,300 (+104.9%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $490 (-39.4%)	$584 → $686 (+17.5%)

Backus

Population

322287

Median household income

$40,804$58,750

Median home value

$94,300$104,700

Median gross rent

$808$490

Remer

Population

354348

Median household income

$25,893$42,750

Median home value

$71,400$146,300

Median gross rent

$584$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Backus	Remer
Under 5	9.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	9.2%
18 to 24	1.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	17.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.9%
75 and over	7.0%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Backus	Remer
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	90.8%
Black or African American	7.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	18.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Backus	Remer
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	41.5%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Backus	Remer
Drove alone	89.7%	62.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.1%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Backus	Remer
1-unit, detached	78.4%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Backus	Remer
Poverty rate	19.2%	24.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1968	1973