Bena vs Chickamaw Beach

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

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

Chickamaw Beach has the higher population (218 vs 59 in Bena). Chickamaw Beach has the higher median household income ($85,625 vs $60,417 in Bena). Chickamaw Beach has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $112,500 in Bena).

Population, income & housing

	Bena	Chickamaw Beach
Population	59	218
Median age	46.5 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$85,625
Median home value	$112,500	$275,000
Housing units	29	140
Homeownership rate	76.2%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bena	Chickamaw Beach
Population	128 → 59 (-53.9%)	110 → 218 (+98.2%)
Median household income	$16,250 → $60,417 (+271.8%)	$64,375 → $85,625 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$56,000 → $112,500 (+100.9%)	$201,800 → $275,000 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $632 (-13.8%)	—

Bena

Population

12859

Median household income

$16,250$60,417

Median home value

$56,000$112,500

Median gross rent

$733$632

Chickamaw Beach

Population

110218

Median household income

$64,375$85,625

Median home value

$201,800$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bena	Chickamaw Beach
Under 5	3.4%	18.8%
5 to 17	25.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	2.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.0%
75 and over	8.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bena	Chickamaw Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	30.5%	3.2%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	35.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bena	Chickamaw Beach
No high school diploma	19.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	26.2%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bena	Chickamaw Beach
Drove alone	55.6%	66.7%
Carpooled	27.8%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	13.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bena	Chickamaw Beach
1-unit, detached	75.9%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bena	Chickamaw Beach
Poverty rate	22.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1985	1978