Holt vs Middle River

A side-by-side comparison of Holt and Middle River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Middle River has the higher population (281 vs 75 in Holt). Middle River has the higher median household income ($57,188 vs $47,143 in Holt). Holt has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $103,500 in Middle River).

Population, income & housing

	Holt	Middle River
Population	75	281
Median age	44.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,143	$57,188
Median home value	$125,000	$103,500
Median gross rent	—	$313
Housing units	34	152
Homeownership rate	82.4%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holt	Middle River
Population	92 → 75 (-18.5%)	268 → 281 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $47,143 (-36.8%)	$35,952 → $57,188 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$126,800 → $125,000 (-1.4%)	$80,000 → $103,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$427 → $313 (-26.7%)

Holt

Population

9275

Median household income

$74,583$47,143

Median home value

$126,800$125,000

Middle River

Population

268281

Median household income

$35,952$57,188

Median home value

$80,000$103,500

Median gross rent

$427$313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holt	Middle River
Under 5	13.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	5.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	17.3%	6.8%
35 to 44	6.7%	21.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	6.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.5%
75 and over	10.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holt	Middle River
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holt	Middle River
No high school diploma	9.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	63.0%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holt	Middle River
Drove alone	71.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holt	Middle River
1-unit, detached	70.6%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Holt	Middle River
Poverty rate	14.7%	14.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1978	1961