Hawley vs Moorhead

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

Hawley 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 2,086 in Hawley). Hawley has the higher median household income ($92,017 vs $69,371 in Moorhead). Hawley has the higher median home value ($265,500 vs $246,300 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Hawley	Moorhead
Population	2,086	44,706
Median age	36.7 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,017	$69,371
Median home value	$265,500	$246,300
Median gross rent	$742	$1,017
Housing units	859	18,852
Homeownership rate	69.3%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawley	Moorhead
Population	2,143 → 2,086 (-2.7%)	42,939 → 44,706 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$75,264 → $92,017 (+22.3%)	$60,315 → $69,371 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$166,700 → $265,500 (+59.3%)	$194,600 → $246,300 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $742 (-12.6%)	$885 → $1,017 (+14.9%)

Hawley

Population

2,1432,086

Median household income

$75,264$92,017

Median home value

$166,700$265,500

Median gross rent

$849$742

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)

	Hawley	Moorhead
Under 5	8.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	18.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	6.9%
75 and over	8.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawley	Moorhead
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawley	Moorhead
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	32.2%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawley	Moorhead
Drove alone	77.7%	74.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.7%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawley	Moorhead
1-unit, detached	65.3%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	14.1%
20 or more units	9.1%	17.9%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Hawley	Moorhead
Poverty rate	5.7%	17.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1980	1983