St. Hilaire vs Thief River Falls

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

St. Hilaire 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 285 in St. Hilaire). St. Hilaire has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $65,244 in Thief River Falls). Thief River Falls has the higher median home value ($169,300 vs $163,900 in St. Hilaire).

Population, income & housing

	St. Hilaire	Thief River Falls
Population	285	8,841
Median age	41.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$65,244
Median home value	$163,900	$169,300
Median gross rent	$1,113	$884
Housing units	119	4,582
Homeownership rate	85.2%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Hilaire	Thief River Falls
Population	220 → 285 (+29.5%)	8,790 → 8,841 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$57,813 → $73,750 (+27.6%)	$49,790 → $65,244 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $163,900 (+44.4%)	$135,700 → $169,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $1,113 (+78.1%)	$693 → $884 (+27.6%)

St. Hilaire

Population

220285

Median household income

$57,813$73,750

Median home value

$113,500$163,900

Median gross rent

$625$1,113

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)

	St. Hilaire	Thief River Falls
Under 5	6.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.4%
75 and over	4.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Hilaire	Thief River Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	86.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	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	8.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Hilaire	Thief River Falls
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	15.5%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	61.7%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Hilaire	Thief River Falls
Drove alone	82.8%	75.2%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.3%
Public transit	2.9%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.3%
Other means	3.4%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Hilaire	Thief River Falls
1-unit, detached	83.2%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.5%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	St. Hilaire	Thief River Falls
Poverty rate	6.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	16	12
Median year structure built	1973	1974