Calumet vs Taconite

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

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

Taconite has the higher population (541 vs 219 in Calumet). Taconite has the higher median household income ($100,089 vs $40,833 in Calumet). Taconite has the higher median home value ($217,900 vs $102,600 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet	Taconite
Population	219	541
Median age	57.5 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$100,089
Median home value	$102,600	$217,900
Median gross rent	$645	$2,646
Housing units	150	268
Homeownership rate	74.6%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet	Taconite
Population	413 → 219 (-47.0%)	770 → 541 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$38,281 → $40,833 (+6.7%)	$57,292 → $100,089 (+74.7%)
Median home value	$66,600 → $102,600 (+54.1%)	$98,600 → $217,900 (+121.0%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $645 (-6.8%)	$702 → $2,646 (+276.9%)

Calumet

Population

413219

Median household income

$38,281$40,833

Median home value

$66,600$102,600

Median gross rent

$692$645

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)

	Calumet	Taconite
Under 5	1.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	21.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	16.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	3.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.5%
65 to 74	32.9%	13.1%
75 and over	5.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet	Taconite
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.6%	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	0.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet	Taconite
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	35.6%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet	Taconite
Drove alone	88.5%	85.1%
Carpooled	1.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet	Taconite
1-unit, detached	73.3%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Calumet	Taconite
Poverty rate	20.1%	3.5%
Average household size	1.80	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1954	1982