Barnesville vs Moorhead

A side-by-side comparison of Barnesville and Moorhead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moorhead has the higher population (44,706 vs 2,757 in Barnesville). Barnesville has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $69,371 in Moorhead). Moorhead has the higher median home value ($246,300 vs $218,300 in Barnesville).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Moorhead
Population	2,757	44,706
Median age	34.5 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$69,371
Median home value	$218,300	$246,300
Median gross rent	$862	$1,017
Housing units	1,076	18,852
Homeownership rate	82.1%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Moorhead
Population	2,582 → 2,757 (+6.8%)	42,939 → 44,706 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$72,177 → $83,333 (+15.5%)	$60,315 → $69,371 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $218,300 (+35.5%)	$194,600 → $246,300 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $862 (+18.4%)	$885 → $1,017 (+14.9%)

Barnesville

Population

2,5822,757

Median household income

$72,177$83,333

Median home value

$161,100$218,300

Median gross rent

$728$862

Moorhead

Population

42,93944,706

Median household income

$60,315$69,371

Median home value

$194,600$246,300

Median gross rent

$885$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Moorhead
Under 5	3.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	27.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	18.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	7.9%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.9%
75 and over	7.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Moorhead
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	2.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Moorhead
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	20.7%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Moorhead
Drove alone	76.1%	74.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	2.6%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.7%	11.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Moorhead
1-unit, detached	82.2%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	Moorhead
Poverty rate	6.4%	17.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1976	1983