Beaver Bay vs Knife River

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

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

Knife River has the higher population (98 vs 90 in Beaver Bay). Knife River has the higher median household income ($76,106 vs $48,333 in Beaver Bay). Since 2019, Knife River's population has grown faster (+326.1% vs -8.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Bay	Knife River
Population	90	98
Median age	58.8 yrs	87.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	$76,106
Median home value	$215,600	—
Housing units	73	156
Homeownership rate	85.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	100.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Bay	Knife River
Population	98 → 90 (-8.2%)	23 → 98 (+326.1%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $48,333 (-28.0%)	$68,615 → $76,106 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $215,600 (-9.2%)	$587,800 → $650,000 (+10.6%)

Beaver Bay

Population

9890

Median household income

$67,083$48,333

Median home value

$237,500$215,600

Knife River

Population

2398

Median household income

$68,615$76,106

Median home value

$587,800$650,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Bay	Knife River
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	4.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.1%
75 and over	22.2%	88.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Bay	Knife River
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Bay	Knife River
No high school diploma	10.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.5%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Bay	Knife River
Drove alone	66.7%	—
Carpooled	15.4%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	7.7%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	10.3%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Bay	Knife River
1-unit, detached	95.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Bay	Knife River
Poverty rate	20.0%	11.2%
Average household size	1.88	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1966	1992