Dilworth vs Moorhead

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

Dilworth 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 4,664 in Dilworth). Dilworth has the higher median household income ($89,577 vs $69,371 in Moorhead). Dilworth has the higher median home value ($268,100 vs $246,300 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Dilworth	Moorhead
Population	4,664	44,706
Median age	39.7 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,577	$69,371
Median home value	$268,100	$246,300
Median gross rent	$1,053	$1,017
Housing units	2,018	18,852
Homeownership rate	77.4%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dilworth	Moorhead
Population	4,410 → 4,664 (+5.8%)	42,939 → 44,706 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$80,219 → $89,577 (+11.7%)	$60,315 → $69,371 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$221,100 → $268,100 (+21.3%)	$194,600 → $246,300 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $1,053 (+75.2%)	$885 → $1,017 (+14.9%)

Dilworth

Population

4,4104,664

Median household income

$80,219$89,577

Median home value

$221,100$268,100

Median gross rent

$601$1,053

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)

	Dilworth	Moorhead
Under 5	2.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	18.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.9%
75 and over	5.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dilworth	Moorhead
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	81.2%
Black or African American	5.1%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dilworth	Moorhead
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dilworth	Moorhead
Drove alone	81.2%	74.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	6.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.2%	11.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dilworth	Moorhead
1-unit, detached	63.3%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	14.1%
20 or more units	13.8%	17.9%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Dilworth	Moorhead
Poverty rate	13.7%	17.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1992	1983