Federal Dam vs Whipholt

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

Federal Dam and Whipholt 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 69 in Whipholt). Whipholt has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $48,750 in Federal Dam). Whipholt has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $141,700 in Federal Dam).

Population, income & housing

	Federal Dam	Whipholt
Population	147	69
Median age	38.8 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$67,500
Median home value	$141,700	$262,500
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	135	103
Homeownership rate	75.8%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Federal Dam	Whipholt
Population	98 → 147 (+50.0%)	95 → 69 (-27.4%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $48,750 (-16.1%)	$54,375 → $67,500 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$24,000 → $141,700 (+490.4%)	$186,400 → $262,500 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,286 → $1,125 (-12.5%)	$1,094 → $1,313 (+20.0%)

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

Whipholt

Population

9569

Median household income

$54,375$67,500

Median home value

$186,400$262,500

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Federal Dam	Whipholt
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.1%	5.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	6.8%	4.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	2.9%
45 to 54	0.7%	18.8%
55 to 64	17.7%	24.6%
65 to 74	21.1%	15.9%
75 and over	6.1%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Federal Dam	Whipholt
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	23.1%	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	28.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Federal Dam	Whipholt
No high school diploma	11.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	45.9%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Federal Dam	Whipholt
Drove alone	56.3%	90.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	9.7%
Other means	12.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Federal Dam	Whipholt
1-unit, detached	77.8%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Federal Dam	Whipholt
Poverty rate	10.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	2002	2000