Deer River vs Nashwauk

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

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

Nashwauk has the higher population (1,035 vs 887 in Deer River). Nashwauk has the higher median household income ($58,533 vs $38,029 in Deer River). Nashwauk has the higher median home value ($102,400 vs $100,000 in Deer River).

Population, income & housing

	Deer River	Nashwauk
Population	887	1,035
Median age	32.8 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,029	$58,533
Median home value	$100,000	$102,400
Median gross rent	$680	$697
Housing units	382	561
Homeownership rate	64.3%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer River	Nashwauk
Population	951 → 887 (-6.7%)	1,151 → 1,035 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$33,214 → $38,029 (+14.5%)	$56,406 → $58,533 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $100,000 (-0.6%)	$87,600 → $102,400 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $680 (+18.3%)	$777 → $697 (-10.3%)

Deer River

Population

951887

Median household income

$33,214$38,029

Median home value

$100,600$100,000

Median gross rent

$575$680

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)

	Deer River	Nashwauk
Under 5	15.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.5%	10.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	12.1%
25 to 34	19.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	22.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.6%
75 and over	8.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer River	Nashwauk
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.9%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.1%
Two or more races	8.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer River	Nashwauk
No high school diploma	11.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	47.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer River	Nashwauk
Drove alone	75.1%	78.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	9.5%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer River	Nashwauk
1-unit, detached	53.9%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Deer River	Nashwauk
Poverty rate	33.1%	10.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1979	1949