Bluffton vs Dent

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

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

Bluffton has the higher population (260 vs 232 in Dent). Bluffton has the higher median household income ($87,000 vs $46,250 in Dent). Bluffton has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $104,300 in Dent).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Dent
Population	260	232
Median age	28.8 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,000	$46,250
Median home value	$176,000	$104,300
Median gross rent	$858	$807
Housing units	94	104
Homeownership rate	79.8%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Dent
Population	241 → 260 (+7.9%)	190 → 232 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $87,000 (+94.7%)	$42,250 → $46,250 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$130,600 → $176,000 (+34.8%)	$85,600 → $104,300 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $858 (+3.5%)	$719 → $807 (+12.2%)

Bluffton

Population

241260

Median household income

$44,688$87,000

Median home value

$130,600$176,000

Median gross rent

$829$858

Dent

Population

190232

Median household income

$42,250$46,250

Median home value

$85,600$104,300

Median gross rent

$719$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Dent
Under 5	9.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	31.9%
18 to 24	18.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	3.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	17.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.2%
75 and over	3.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Dent
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Dent
No high school diploma	12.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Dent
Drove alone	77.9%	76.9%
Carpooled	13.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Dent
1-unit, detached	83.0%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Dent
Poverty rate	6.9%	38.8%
Average household size	2.77	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1974	1947