Beaver Creek vs Hardwick

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Creek and Hardwick: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaver Creek and Hardwick are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beaver Creek has the higher population (248 vs 199 in Hardwick). Beaver Creek has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $37,917 in Hardwick). Beaver Creek has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $75,000 in Hardwick).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Creek	Hardwick
Population	248	199
Median age	39.8 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$37,917
Median home value	$187,500	$75,000
Median gross rent	$913	$646
Housing units	123	92
Homeownership rate	87.7%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Creek	Hardwick
Population	417 → 248 (-40.5%)	188 → 199 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$67,813 → $70,625 (+4.1%)	$47,188 → $37,917 (-19.6%)
Median home value	$157,500 → $187,500 (+19.0%)	$60,000 → $75,000 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $913 (+46.1%)	$532 → $646 (+21.4%)

Beaver Creek

Population

417248

Median household income

$67,813$70,625

Median home value

$157,500$187,500

Median gross rent

$625$913

Hardwick

Population

188199

Median household income

$47,188$37,917

Median home value

$60,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$532$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Creek	Hardwick
Under 5	4.4%	18.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	21.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.3%	6.0%
75 and over	6.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Creek	Hardwick
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	69.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Creek	Hardwick
No high school diploma	4.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	35.6%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Creek	Hardwick
Drove alone	76.3%	60.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	21.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	17.2%
Other means	8.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Creek	Hardwick
1-unit, detached	82.9%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Creek	Hardwick
Poverty rate	7.3%	15.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1972	1954