Deer Creek vs Dent

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

Deer Creek and Dent 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 232 in Dent). Deer Creek has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $46,250 in Dent). Deer Creek has the higher median home value ($123,100 vs $104,300 in Dent).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Creek	Dent
Population	273	232
Median age	38.3 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$46,250
Median home value	$123,100	$104,300
Median gross rent	$388	$807
Housing units	144	104
Homeownership rate	86.1%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Creek	Dent
Population	227 → 273 (+20.3%)	190 → 232 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $55,000 (+57.1%)	$42,250 → $46,250 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $123,100 (+39.6%)	$85,600 → $104,300 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$336 → $388 (+15.5%)	$719 → $807 (+12.2%)

Deer Creek

Population

227273

Median household income

$35,000$55,000

Median home value

$88,200$123,100

Median gross rent

$336$388

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)

	Deer Creek	Dent
Under 5	8.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	31.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	3.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.2%
75 and over	8.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Creek	Dent
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Creek	Dent
No high school diploma	11.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Creek	Dent
Drove alone	82.3%	76.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	12.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Creek	Dent
1-unit, detached	80.6%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Deer Creek	Dent
Poverty rate	3.7%	38.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1962	1947