Beaver Creek vs Luverne

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

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

Luverne has the higher population (4,907 vs 248 in Beaver Creek). Beaver Creek has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $66,145 in Luverne). Beaver Creek has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $181,100 in Luverne).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Creek	Luverne
Population	248	4,907
Median age	39.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$66,145
Median home value	$187,500	$181,100
Median gross rent	$913	$718
Housing units	123	2,203
Homeownership rate	87.7%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Creek	Luverne
Population	417 → 248 (-40.5%)	4,564 → 4,907 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$67,813 → $70,625 (+4.1%)	$56,552 → $66,145 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$157,500 → $187,500 (+19.0%)	$141,600 → $181,100 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $913 (+46.1%)	$669 → $718 (+7.3%)

Beaver Creek

Population

417248

Median household income

$67,813$70,625

Median home value

$157,500$187,500

Median gross rent

$625$913

Luverne

Population

4,5644,907

Median household income

$56,552$66,145

Median home value

$141,600$181,100

Median gross rent

$669$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Creek	Luverne
Under 5	4.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	9.6%
75 and over	6.9%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Creek	Luverne
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Creek	Luverne
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	35.6%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Creek	Luverne
Drove alone	76.3%	84.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.7%
Other means	8.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Creek	Luverne
1-unit, detached	82.9%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Creek	Luverne
Poverty rate	7.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1972	1960