Coleraine vs Deer River

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

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

Coleraine has the higher population (1,888 vs 887 in Deer River). Coleraine has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $38,029 in Deer River). Coleraine has the higher median home value ($179,900 vs $100,000 in Deer River).

Population, income & housing

	Coleraine	Deer River
Population	1,888	887
Median age	38.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,083	$38,029
Median home value	$179,900	$100,000
Median gross rent	$923	$680
Housing units	736	382
Homeownership rate	86.4%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coleraine	Deer River
Population	1,665 → 1,888 (+13.4%)	951 → 887 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$45,885 → $67,083 (+46.2%)	$33,214 → $38,029 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$138,600 → $179,900 (+29.8%)	$100,600 → $100,000 (-0.6%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $923 (+29.1%)	$575 → $680 (+18.3%)

Coleraine

Population

1,6651,888

Median household income

$45,885$67,083

Median home value

$138,600$179,900

Median gross rent

$715$923

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)

	Coleraine	Deer River
Under 5	5.0%	15.7%
5 to 17	23.8%	9.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	19.1%
35 to 44	17.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	6.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.1%
75 and over	11.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coleraine	Deer River
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	12.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coleraine	Deer River
No high school diploma	3.8%	11.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coleraine	Deer River
Drove alone	80.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.2%
Other means	0.7%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coleraine	Deer River
1-unit, detached	75.5%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	22.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Coleraine	Deer River
Poverty rate	13.7%	33.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1966	1979