Riverland vs Waubun

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

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

Waubun has the higher population (393 vs 273 in Riverland). Waubun has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $35,313 in Riverland). Since 2019, Waubun's population has grown faster (-9.2% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Riverland	Waubun
Population	273	393
Median age	19.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,313	$51,667
Median home value	—	$75,000
Median gross rent	$456	$670
Housing units	82	165
Homeownership rate	2.7%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverland	Waubun
Population	323 → 273 (-15.5%)	433 → 393 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$24,583 → $35,313 (+43.6%)	$52,250 → $51,667 (-1.1%)
Median home value	—	$70,500 → $75,000 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $456 (+9.1%)	$613 → $670 (+9.3%)

Riverland

Population

323273

Median household income

$24,583$35,313

Median gross rent

$418$456

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)

	Riverland	Waubun
Under 5	12.8%	10.7%
5 to 17	35.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	13.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.2%	6.4%
55 to 64	4.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	1.8%	14.0%
75 and over	0.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverland	Waubun
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	32.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.1%	41.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	22.7%	26.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverland	Waubun
No high school diploma	36.9%	10.1%
High school graduate	22.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverland	Waubun
Drove alone	76.8%	71.7%
Carpooled	23.2%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverland	Waubun
1-unit, detached	32.9%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	52.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Riverland	Waubun
Poverty rate	46.2%	16.4%
Average household size	3.64	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	9	14
Median year structure built	2003	1971