Bovey vs Nashwauk

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

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

Nashwauk has the higher population (1,035 vs 690 in Bovey). Bovey has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $58,533 in Nashwauk). Bovey has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $102,400 in Nashwauk).

Population, income & housing

	Bovey	Nashwauk
Population	690	1,035
Median age	29.7 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$58,533
Median home value	$103,400	$102,400
Median gross rent	$850	$697
Housing units	313	561
Homeownership rate	64.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bovey	Nashwauk
Population	755 → 690 (-8.6%)	1,151 → 1,035 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$43,864 → $67,500 (+53.9%)	$56,406 → $58,533 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $103,400 (+17.8%)	$87,600 → $102,400 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $850 (+5.3%)	$777 → $697 (-10.3%)

Bovey

Population

755690

Median household income

$43,864$67,500

Median home value

$87,800$103,400

Median gross rent

$807$850

Nashwauk

Population

1,1511,035

Median household income

$56,406$58,533

Median home value

$87,600$102,400

Median gross rent

$777$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bovey	Nashwauk
Under 5	8.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	10.1%
18 to 24	11.7%	12.1%
25 to 34	23.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	22.1%
65 to 74	3.8%	7.6%
75 and over	2.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bovey	Nashwauk
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.1%
Two or more races	11.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bovey	Nashwauk
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	38.9%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bovey	Nashwauk
Drove alone	76.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	6.4%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	9.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bovey	Nashwauk
1-unit, detached	75.1%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Bovey	Nashwauk
Poverty rate	13.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1950	1949