Bird Island vs Danube

A side-by-side comparison of Bird Island and Danube: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bird Island has the higher population (964 vs 489 in Danube). Bird Island has the higher median household income ($71,190 vs $62,014 in Danube). Danube has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $114,600 in Bird Island).

Population, income & housing

	Bird Island	Danube
Population	964	489
Median age	49.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,190	$62,014
Median home value	$114,600	$137,500
Median gross rent	$617	$942
Housing units	496	225
Homeownership rate	81.7%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bird Island	Danube
Population	858 → 964 (+12.4%)	522 → 489 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$53,021 → $71,190 (+34.3%)	$53,906 → $62,014 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $114,600 (+47.7%)	$81,300 → $137,500 (+69.1%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $617 (+15.5%)	$631 → $942 (+49.3%)

Bird Island

Population

858964

Median household income

$53,021$71,190

Median home value

$77,600$114,600

Median gross rent

$534$617

Danube

Population

522489

Median household income

$53,906$62,014

Median home value

$81,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$631$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bird Island	Danube
Under 5	5.3%	11.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	18.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	8.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.8%
75 and over	9.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bird Island	Danube
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	90.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bird Island	Danube
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bird Island	Danube
Drove alone	90.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	1.5%	2.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	14.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bird Island	Danube
1-unit, detached	80.2%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bird Island	Danube
Poverty rate	10.6%	2.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1958	1965