Plummer vs Red Lake Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Plummer and Red Lake Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Red Lake Falls has the higher population (1,267 vs 379 in Plummer). Plummer has the higher median household income ($91,500 vs $63,929 in Red Lake Falls). Plummer has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $132,300 in Red Lake Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Plummer	Red Lake Falls
Population	379	1,267
Median age	35.4 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$91,500	$63,929
Median home value	$156,300	$132,300
Median gross rent	$859	$568
Housing units	169	629
Homeownership rate	78.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plummer	Red Lake Falls
Population	333 → 379 (+13.8%)	1,372 → 1,267 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $91,500 (+58.4%)	$49,632 → $63,929 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$80,500 → $156,300 (+94.2%)	$112,300 → $132,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $859 (+63.6%)	$547 → $568 (+3.8%)

Plummer

Population

333379

Median household income

$57,750$91,500

Median home value

$80,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$525$859

Red Lake Falls

Population

1,3721,267

Median household income

$49,632$63,929

Median home value

$112,300$132,300

Median gross rent

$547$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plummer	Red Lake Falls
Under 5	2.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	24.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	7.7%	18.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.5%
75 and over	4.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plummer	Red Lake Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	87.4%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plummer	Red Lake Falls
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	29.5%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	58.5%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plummer	Red Lake Falls
Drove alone	86.3%	68.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plummer	Red Lake Falls
1-unit, detached	79.9%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	8.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Plummer	Red Lake Falls
Poverty rate	5.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1973	1970