Bena vs Federal Dam

A side-by-side comparison of Bena and Federal Dam: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Federal Dam has the higher population (147 vs 59 in Bena). Bena has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $48,750 in Federal Dam). Federal Dam has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $112,500 in Bena).

Population, income & housing

	Bena	Federal Dam
Population	59	147
Median age	46.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$48,750
Median home value	$112,500	$141,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	29	135
Homeownership rate	76.2%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bena	Federal Dam
Population	128 → 59 (-53.9%)	98 → 147 (+50.0%)
Median household income	$16,250 → $60,417 (+271.8%)	$58,125 → $48,750 (-16.1%)
Median home value	$56,000 → $112,500 (+100.9%)	$24,000 → $141,700 (+490.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $632 (-13.8%)	$1,286 → $1,125 (-12.5%)

Bena

Population

12859

Median household income

$16,250$60,417

Median home value

$56,000$112,500

Median gross rent

$733$632

Federal Dam

Population

98147

Median household income

$58,125$48,750

Median home value

$24,000$141,700

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bena	Federal Dam
Under 5	3.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	25.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	0.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	21.1%
75 and over	8.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bena	Federal Dam
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	46.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	30.5%	23.1%
Asian	5.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	35.6%	28.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bena	Federal Dam
No high school diploma	19.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	26.2%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bena	Federal Dam
Drove alone	55.6%	56.3%
Carpooled	27.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	12.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bena	Federal Dam
1-unit, detached	75.9%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Bena	Federal Dam
Poverty rate	22.0%	10.9%
Average household size	2.81	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1985	2002