Deer River vs Grand Rapids

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

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

Grand Rapids has the higher population (11,186 vs 887 in Deer River). Grand Rapids has the higher median household income ($56,542 vs $38,029 in Deer River). Grand Rapids has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $100,000 in Deer River).

Population, income & housing

	Deer River	Grand Rapids
Population	887	11,186
Median age	32.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,029	$56,542
Median home value	$100,000	$200,600
Median gross rent	$680	$999
Housing units	382	5,138
Homeownership rate	64.3%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer River	Grand Rapids
Population	951 → 887 (-6.7%)	11,165 → 11,186 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$33,214 → $38,029 (+14.5%)	$48,287 → $56,542 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $100,000 (-0.6%)	$151,300 → $200,600 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $680 (+18.3%)	$670 → $999 (+49.1%)

Deer River

Population

951887

Median household income

$33,214$38,029

Median home value

$100,600$100,000

Median gross rent

$575$680

Grand Rapids

Population

11,16511,186

Median household income

$48,287$56,542

Median home value

$151,300$200,600

Median gross rent

$670$999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer River	Grand Rapids
Under 5	15.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	19.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.4%
75 and over	8.7%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer River	Grand Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.9%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer River	Grand Rapids
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	47.6%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer River	Grand Rapids
Drove alone	75.1%	70.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	3.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	2.2%	7.7%
Other means	7.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer River	Grand Rapids
1-unit, detached	53.9%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	10.5%
20 or more units	3.1%	20.4%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Deer River	Grand Rapids
Poverty rate	33.1%	17.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1979	1979