Bird Island vs Renville

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

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

Renville has the higher population (1,397 vs 964 in Bird Island). Renville has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $71,190 in Bird Island). Bird Island has the higher median home value ($114,600 vs $109,700 in Renville).

Population, income & housing

	Bird Island	Renville
Population	964	1,397
Median age	49.4 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,190	$73,750
Median home value	$114,600	$109,700
Median gross rent	$617	$671
Housing units	496	619
Homeownership rate	81.7%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bird Island	Renville
Population	858 → 964 (+12.4%)	1,235 → 1,397 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$53,021 → $71,190 (+34.3%)	$64,148 → $73,750 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $114,600 (+47.7%)	$73,800 → $109,700 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $617 (+15.5%)	$588 → $671 (+14.1%)

Bird Island

Population

858964

Median household income

$53,021$71,190

Median home value

$77,600$114,600

Median gross rent

$534$617

Renville

Population

1,2351,397

Median household income

$64,148$73,750

Median home value

$73,800$109,700

Median gross rent

$588$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bird Island	Renville
Under 5	5.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	18.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	19.8%	7.7%
65 to 74	14.7%	5.6%
75 and over	9.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bird Island	Renville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	70.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bird Island	Renville
No high school diploma	3.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bird Island	Renville
Drove alone	90.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	1.5%	7.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.7%
Other means	0.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bird Island	Renville
1-unit, detached	80.2%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	17.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bird Island	Renville
Poverty rate	10.6%	11.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1958	1970