Bluffton vs Deer Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffton and Deer Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Deer Creek has the higher population (273 vs 260 in Bluffton). Bluffton has the higher median household income ($87,000 vs $55,000 in Deer Creek). Bluffton has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $123,100 in Deer Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Deer Creek
Population	260	273
Median age	28.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,000	$55,000
Median home value	$176,000	$123,100
Median gross rent	$858	$388
Housing units	94	144
Homeownership rate	79.8%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Deer Creek
Population	241 → 260 (+7.9%)	227 → 273 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $87,000 (+94.7%)	$35,000 → $55,000 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$130,600 → $176,000 (+34.8%)	$88,200 → $123,100 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $858 (+3.5%)	$336 → $388 (+15.5%)

Bluffton

Population

241260

Median household income

$44,688$87,000

Median home value

$130,600$176,000

Median gross rent

$829$858

Deer Creek

Population

227273

Median household income

$35,000$55,000

Median home value

$88,200$123,100

Median gross rent

$336$388

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Deer Creek
Under 5	9.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	18.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	16.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.0%
75 and over	3.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Deer Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Deer Creek
No high school diploma	12.4%	11.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Deer Creek
Drove alone	77.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	13.1%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Deer Creek
1-unit, detached	83.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Deer Creek
Poverty rate	6.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1974	1962