Cohasset vs Nashwauk

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

Cohasset and Nashwauk 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 1,035 in Nashwauk). Cohasset has the higher median household income ($87,833 vs $58,533 in Nashwauk). Cohasset has the higher median home value ($315,700 vs $102,400 in Nashwauk).

Population, income & housing

	Cohasset	Nashwauk
Population	2,700	1,035
Median age	43.8 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,833	$58,533
Median home value	$315,700	$102,400
Median gross rent	$917	$697
Housing units	1,295	561
Homeownership rate	91.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cohasset	Nashwauk
Population	2,729 → 2,700 (-1.1%)	1,151 → 1,035 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $87,833 (+36.4%)	$56,406 → $58,533 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$216,600 → $315,700 (+45.8%)	$87,600 → $102,400 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $917 (+11.4%)	$777 → $697 (-10.3%)

Cohasset

Population

2,7292,700

Median household income

$64,375$87,833

Median home value

$216,600$315,700

Median gross rent

$823$917

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)

	Cohasset	Nashwauk
Under 5	7.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	6.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	22.1%
65 to 74	17.7%	7.6%
75 and over	6.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cohasset	Nashwauk
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	0.9%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	4.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cohasset	Nashwauk
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cohasset	Nashwauk
Drove alone	77.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	9.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cohasset	Nashwauk
1-unit, detached	81.5%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Cohasset	Nashwauk
Poverty rate	8.5%	10.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1987	1949