Goodridge vs Thief River Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Goodridge and Thief River Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thief River Falls has the higher population (8,841 vs 64 in Goodridge). Thief River Falls has the higher median household income ($65,244 vs $39,821 in Goodridge). Thief River Falls has the higher median home value ($169,300 vs $50,800 in Goodridge).

Population, income & housing

	Goodridge	Thief River Falls
Population	64	8,841
Median age	56.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,821	$65,244
Median home value	$50,800	$169,300
Median gross rent	—	$884
Housing units	52	4,582
Homeownership rate	94.6%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodridge	Thief River Falls
Population	138 → 64 (-53.6%)	8,790 → 8,841 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $39,821 (-11.5%)	$49,790 → $65,244 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $50,800 (-37.5%)	$135,700 → $169,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$693 → $884 (+27.6%)

Goodridge

Population

13864

Median household income

$45,000$39,821

Median home value

$81,300$50,800

Thief River Falls

Population

8,7908,841

Median household income

$49,790$65,244

Median home value

$135,700$169,300

Median gross rent

$693$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodridge	Thief River Falls
Under 5	3.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	25.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	20.3%	10.4%
75 and over	10.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodridge	Thief River Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodridge	Thief River Falls
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	54.7%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodridge	Thief River Falls
Drove alone	100.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodridge	Thief River Falls
1-unit, detached	32.7%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	67.3%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Goodridge	Thief River Falls
Poverty rate	17.2%	11.3%
Average household size	1.73	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	12
Median year structure built	1975	1974