Cohasset vs Deer River

A side-by-side comparison of Cohasset and Deer River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cohasset has the higher population (2,700 vs 887 in Deer River). Cohasset has the higher median household income ($87,833 vs $38,029 in Deer River). Cohasset has the higher median home value ($315,700 vs $100,000 in Deer River).

Population, income & housing

	Cohasset	Deer River
Population	2,700	887
Median age	43.8 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,833	$38,029
Median home value	$315,700	$100,000
Median gross rent	$917	$680
Housing units	1,295	382
Homeownership rate	91.9%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cohasset	Deer River
Population	2,729 → 2,700 (-1.1%)	951 → 887 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $87,833 (+36.4%)	$33,214 → $38,029 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$216,600 → $315,700 (+45.8%)	$100,600 → $100,000 (-0.6%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $917 (+11.4%)	$575 → $680 (+18.3%)

Cohasset

Population

2,7292,700

Median household income

$64,375$87,833

Median home value

$216,600$315,700

Median gross rent

$823$917

Deer River

Population

951887

Median household income

$33,214$38,029

Median home value

$100,600$100,000

Median gross rent

$575$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cohasset	Deer River
Under 5	7.2%	15.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	9.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	19.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	17.7%	9.1%
75 and over	6.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cohasset	Deer River
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	12.9%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cohasset	Deer River
No high school diploma	3.1%	11.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cohasset	Deer River
Drove alone	77.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	2.2%
Other means	0.1%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cohasset	Deer River
1-unit, detached	81.5%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	22.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Cohasset	Deer River
Poverty rate	8.5%	33.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1987	1979