Bovey vs Keewatin

A side-by-side comparison of Bovey and Keewatin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Keewatin has the higher population (1,229 vs 690 in Bovey). Bovey has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $50,872 in Keewatin). Bovey has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $78,900 in Keewatin).

Population, income & housing

	Bovey	Keewatin
Population	690	1,229
Median age	29.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$50,872
Median home value	$103,400	$78,900
Median gross rent	$850	$934
Housing units	313	563
Homeownership rate	64.9%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bovey	Keewatin
Population	755 → 690 (-8.6%)	1,114 → 1,229 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$43,864 → $67,500 (+53.9%)	$38,807 → $50,872 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $103,400 (+17.8%)	$62,200 → $78,900 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $850 (+5.3%)	$698 → $934 (+33.8%)

Bovey

Population

755690

Median household income

$43,864$67,500

Median home value

$87,800$103,400

Median gross rent

$807$850

Keewatin

Population

1,1141,229

Median household income

$38,807$50,872

Median home value

$62,200$78,900

Median gross rent

$698$934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bovey	Keewatin
Under 5	8.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	21.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	23.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	3.8%	7.8%
75 and over	2.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bovey	Keewatin
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	16.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bovey	Keewatin
No high school diploma	6.7%	13.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bovey	Keewatin
Drove alone	76.4%	71.3%
Carpooled	13.3%	15.2%
Public transit	4.1%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bovey	Keewatin
1-unit, detached	75.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Bovey	Keewatin
Poverty rate	13.3%	27.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1950	1955