Babbitt vs Buhl

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

Babbitt and Buhl 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 1,013 in Buhl). Buhl has the higher median household income ($58,179 vs $54,318 in Babbitt). Buhl has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $96,000 in Babbitt).

Population, income & housing

	Babbitt	Buhl
Population	1,420	1,013
Median age	51.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,318	$58,179
Median home value	$96,000	$115,700
Median gross rent	$726	$1,032
Housing units	836	497
Homeownership rate	81.2%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babbitt	Buhl
Population	1,419 → 1,420 (+0.1%)	963 → 1,013 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$45,458 → $54,318 (+19.5%)	$39,550 → $58,179 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $96,000 (+27.5%)	$75,900 → $115,700 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $726 (+10.7%)	$788 → $1,032 (+31.0%)

Babbitt

Population

1,4191,420

Median household income

$45,458$54,318

Median home value

$75,300$96,000

Median gross rent

$656$726

Buhl

Population

9631,013

Median household income

$39,550$58,179

Median home value

$75,900$115,700

Median gross rent

$788$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babbitt	Buhl
Under 5	3.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.1%
75 and over	15.8%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babbitt	Buhl
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babbitt	Buhl
No high school diploma	9.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	24.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babbitt	Buhl
Drove alone	78.5%	86.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.4%
Worked from home	10.6%	0.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babbitt	Buhl
1-unit, detached	92.1%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Babbitt	Buhl
Poverty rate	13.9%	2.4%
Average household size	2.01	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	31	16
Median year structure built	1958	1958