Deer River vs Keewatin

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

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

Keewatin has the higher population (1,229 vs 887 in Deer River). Keewatin has the higher median household income ($50,872 vs $38,029 in Deer River). Deer River has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $78,900 in Keewatin).

Population, income & housing

	Deer River	Keewatin
Population	887	1,229
Median age	32.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,029	$50,872
Median home value	$100,000	$78,900
Median gross rent	$680	$934
Housing units	382	563
Homeownership rate	64.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer River	Keewatin
Population	951 → 887 (-6.7%)	1,114 → 1,229 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$33,214 → $38,029 (+14.5%)	$38,807 → $50,872 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $100,000 (-0.6%)	$62,200 → $78,900 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $680 (+18.3%)	$698 → $934 (+33.8%)

Deer River

Population

951887

Median household income

$33,214$38,029

Median home value

$100,600$100,000

Median gross rent

$575$680

Keewatin

Population

1,1141,229

Median household income

$38,807$50,872

Median home value

$62,200$78,900

Median gross rent

$698$934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer River	Keewatin
Under 5	15.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	9.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	19.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.8%
75 and over	8.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer River	Keewatin
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	16.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer River	Keewatin
No high school diploma	11.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	47.6%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer River	Keewatin
Drove alone	75.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	11.7%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	3.7%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.1%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer River	Keewatin
1-unit, detached	53.9%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Deer River	Keewatin
Poverty rate	33.1%	27.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1979	1955