Beaver Bay vs Finland

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Bay and Finland: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaver Bay and Finland are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Finland has the higher population (220 vs 90 in Beaver Bay). Finland has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $48,333 in Beaver Bay). Beaver Bay has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $122,600 in Finland).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Bay	Finland
Population	90	220
Median age	58.8 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	$51,875
Median home value	$215,600	$122,600
Median gross rent	—	$699
Housing units	73	177
Homeownership rate	85.4%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Bay	Finland
Population	98 → 90 (-8.2%)	179 → 220 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $48,333 (-28.0%)	$41,458 → $51,875 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $215,600 (-9.2%)	$143,200 → $122,600 (-14.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$627 → $699 (+11.5%)

Beaver Bay

Population

9890

Median household income

$67,083$48,333

Median home value

$237,500$215,600

Finland

Population

179220

Median household income

$41,458$51,875

Median home value

$143,200$122,600

Median gross rent

$627$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Bay	Finland
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	5.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	5.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	23.2%
55 to 64	21.1%	22.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	22.7%
75 and over	22.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Bay	Finland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Bay	Finland
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	29.5%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Bay	Finland
Drove alone	66.7%	84.8%
Carpooled	15.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Bay	Finland
1-unit, detached	95.9%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Bay	Finland
Poverty rate	20.0%	20.5%
Average household size	1.88	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1966	1970