Deer Creek vs Underwood

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

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

Underwood has the higher population (437 vs 273 in Deer Creek). Underwood has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $55,000 in Deer Creek). Underwood has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $123,100 in Deer Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Creek	Underwood
Population	273	437
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$73,750
Median home value	$123,100	$168,800
Median gross rent	$388	$1,016
Housing units	144	205
Homeownership rate	86.1%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Creek	Underwood
Population	227 → 273 (+20.3%)	380 → 437 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $55,000 (+57.1%)	$46,042 → $73,750 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $123,100 (+39.6%)	$95,400 → $168,800 (+76.9%)
Median gross rent	$336 → $388 (+15.5%)	$725 → $1,016 (+40.1%)

Deer Creek

Population

227273

Median household income

$35,000$55,000

Median home value

$88,200$123,100

Median gross rent

$336$388

Underwood

Population

380437

Median household income

$46,042$73,750

Median home value

$95,400$168,800

Median gross rent

$725$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Creek	Underwood
Under 5	8.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	21.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	18.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.2%
75 and over	8.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Creek	Underwood
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Creek	Underwood
No high school diploma	11.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Creek	Underwood
Drove alone	82.3%	83.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Creek	Underwood
1-unit, detached	80.6%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	3.9%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Deer Creek	Underwood
Poverty rate	3.7%	14.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1962	1960