Mahnomen vs Waubun

A side-by-side comparison of Mahnomen and Waubun: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mahnomen has the higher population (1,116 vs 393 in Waubun). Waubun has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $43,854 in Mahnomen). Mahnomen has the higher median home value ($83,000 vs $75,000 in Waubun).

Population, income & housing

	Mahnomen	Waubun
Population	1,116	393
Median age	40.4 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,854	$51,667
Median home value	$83,000	$75,000
Median gross rent	$755	$670
Housing units	488	165
Homeownership rate	56.7%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mahnomen	Waubun
Population	1,288 → 1,116 (-13.4%)	433 → 393 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$38,021 → $43,854 (+15.3%)	$52,250 → $51,667 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $83,000 (+16.4%)	$70,500 → $75,000 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $755 (+14.9%)	$613 → $670 (+9.3%)

Mahnomen

Population

1,2881,116

Median household income

$38,021$43,854

Median home value

$71,300$83,000

Median gross rent

$657$755

Waubun

Population

433393

Median household income

$52,250$51,667

Median home value

$70,500$75,000

Median gross rent

$613$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mahnomen	Waubun
Under 5	9.6%	10.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.0%
75 and over	11.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mahnomen	Waubun
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	32.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	39.6%	41.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	26.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mahnomen	Waubun
No high school diploma	15.2%	10.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mahnomen	Waubun
Drove alone	73.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.7%
Public transit	0.8%	1.3%
Walked	11.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mahnomen	Waubun
1-unit, detached	70.7%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	12.1%
20 or more units	7.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Mahnomen	Waubun
Poverty rate	20.6%	16.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1959	1971