Bird Island vs Hector

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

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

Hector has the higher population (1,111 vs 964 in Bird Island). Bird Island has the higher median household income ($71,190 vs $59,762 in Hector). Hector has the higher median home value ($124,100 vs $114,600 in Bird Island).

Population, income & housing

	Bird Island	Hector
Population	964	1,111
Median age	49.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,190	$59,762
Median home value	$114,600	$124,100
Median gross rent	$617	$1,108
Housing units	496	554
Homeownership rate	81.7%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bird Island	Hector
Population	858 → 964 (+12.4%)	972 → 1,111 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$53,021 → $71,190 (+34.3%)	$54,803 → $59,762 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $114,600 (+47.7%)	$81,900 → $124,100 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $617 (+15.5%)	$817 → $1,108 (+35.6%)

Bird Island

Population

858964

Median household income

$53,021$71,190

Median home value

$77,600$114,600

Median gross rent

$534$617

Hector

Population

9721,111

Median household income

$54,803$59,762

Median home value

$81,900$124,100

Median gross rent

$817$1,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bird Island	Hector
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	15.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	19.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	14.7%	10.3%
75 and over	9.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bird Island	Hector
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	87.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bird Island	Hector
No high school diploma	3.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bird Island	Hector
Drove alone	90.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	13.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bird Island	Hector
1-unit, detached	80.2%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Bird Island	Hector
Poverty rate	10.6%	7.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1958	1962