Babbitt vs Biwabik

A side-by-side comparison of Babbitt and Biwabik: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Babbitt has the higher population (1,420 vs 882 in Biwabik). Biwabik has the higher median household income ($69,620 vs $54,318 in Babbitt). Biwabik has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $96,000 in Babbitt).

Population, income & housing

	Babbitt	Biwabik
Population	1,420	882
Median age	51.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,318	$69,620
Median home value	$96,000	$109,500
Median gross rent	$726	$725
Housing units	836	451
Homeownership rate	81.2%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babbitt	Biwabik
Population	1,419 → 1,420 (+0.1%)	598 → 882 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$45,458 → $54,318 (+19.5%)	$41,719 → $69,620 (+66.9%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $96,000 (+27.5%)	$69,100 → $109,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $726 (+10.7%)	$616 → $725 (+17.7%)

Babbitt

Population

1,4191,420

Median household income

$45,458$54,318

Median home value

$75,300$96,000

Median gross rent

$656$726

Biwabik

Population

598882

Median household income

$41,719$69,620

Median home value

$69,100$109,500

Median gross rent

$616$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babbitt	Biwabik
Under 5	3.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.2%
75 and over	15.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babbitt	Biwabik
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babbitt	Biwabik
No high school diploma	9.7%	2.4%
High school graduate	24.2%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babbitt	Biwabik
Drove alone	78.5%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	14.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babbitt	Biwabik
1-unit, detached	92.1%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Babbitt	Biwabik
Poverty rate	13.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.01	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1958	1952