Bovey vs Taconite

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

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

Bovey has the higher population (690 vs 541 in Taconite). Taconite has the higher median household income ($100,089 vs $67,500 in Bovey). Taconite has the higher median home value ($217,900 vs $103,400 in Bovey).

Population, income & housing

	Bovey	Taconite
Population	690	541
Median age	29.7 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$100,089
Median home value	$103,400	$217,900
Median gross rent	$850	$2,646
Housing units	313	268
Homeownership rate	64.9%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bovey	Taconite
Population	755 → 690 (-8.6%)	770 → 541 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$43,864 → $67,500 (+53.9%)	$57,292 → $100,089 (+74.7%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $103,400 (+17.8%)	$98,600 → $217,900 (+121.0%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $850 (+5.3%)	$702 → $2,646 (+276.9%)

Bovey

Population

755690

Median household income

$43,864$67,500

Median home value

$87,800$103,400

Median gross rent

$807$850

Taconite

Population

770541

Median household income

$57,292$100,089

Median home value

$98,600$217,900

Median gross rent

$702$2,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bovey	Taconite
Under 5	8.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	23.8%	7.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	18.5%
65 to 74	3.8%	13.1%
75 and over	2.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bovey	Taconite
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	1.3%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bovey	Taconite
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	38.9%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bovey	Taconite
Drove alone	76.4%	85.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	4.8%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.4%
Other means	1.1%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bovey	Taconite
1-unit, detached	75.1%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Bovey	Taconite
Poverty rate	13.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1950	1982