Bird Island vs Morton

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

Bird Island and Morton 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 432 in Morton). Bird Island has the higher median household income ($71,190 vs $63,571 in Morton). Bird Island has the higher median home value ($114,600 vs $76,600 in Morton).

Population, income & housing

	Bird Island	Morton
Population	964	432
Median age	49.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,190	$63,571
Median home value	$114,600	$76,600
Median gross rent	$617	$850
Housing units	496	192
Homeownership rate	81.7%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bird Island	Morton
Population	858 → 964 (+12.4%)	368 → 432 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$53,021 → $71,190 (+34.3%)	$43,000 → $63,571 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $114,600 (+47.7%)	$63,400 → $76,600 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $617 (+15.5%)	$593 → $850 (+43.3%)

Bird Island

Population

858964

Median household income

$53,021$71,190

Median home value

$77,600$114,600

Median gross rent

$534$617

Morton

Population

368432

Median household income

$43,000$63,571

Median home value

$63,400$76,600

Median gross rent

$593$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bird Island	Morton
Under 5	5.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	19.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.6%
75 and over	9.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bird Island	Morton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	84.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bird Island	Morton
No high school diploma	3.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bird Island	Morton
Drove alone	90.0%	85.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	5.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.6%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bird Island	Morton
1-unit, detached	80.2%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bird Island	Morton
Poverty rate	10.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1958	1940