Climax vs Trail

A side-by-side comparison of Climax and Trail: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Climax has the higher population (184 vs 55 in Trail). Trail has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $48,750 in Climax). Climax has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $53,800 in Trail).

Population, income & housing

	Climax	Trail
Population	184	55
Median age	26.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$62,813
Median home value	$111,300	$53,800
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	80	29
Homeownership rate	66.2%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climax	Trail
Population	248 → 184 (-25.8%)	61 → 55 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$52,143 → $48,750 (-6.5%)	$26,071 → $62,813 (+140.9%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $111,300 (+12.5%)	$43,800 → $53,800 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $725 (+22.9%)	—

Climax

Population

248184

Median household income

$52,143$48,750

Median home value

$98,900$111,300

Median gross rent

$590$725

Trail

Population

6155

Median household income

$26,071$62,813

Median home value

$43,800$53,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climax	Trail
Under 5	9.2%	29.1%
5 to 17	26.1%	1.8%
18 to 24	14.1%	14.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	3.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	4.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.1%
75 and over	6.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climax	Trail
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climax	Trail
No high school diploma	4.3%	20.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	60.0%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climax	Trail
Drove alone	82.0%	43.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	43.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	12.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climax	Trail
1-unit, detached	67.5%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Climax	Trail
Poverty rate	15.2%	14.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1972	1955