Biwabik vs Buhl

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

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

Buhl has the higher population (1,013 vs 882 in Biwabik). Biwabik has the higher median household income ($69,620 vs $58,179 in Buhl). Buhl has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $109,500 in Biwabik).

Population, income & housing

	Biwabik	Buhl
Population	882	1,013
Median age	41.1 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,620	$58,179
Median home value	$109,500	$115,700
Median gross rent	$725	$1,032
Housing units	451	497
Homeownership rate	83.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biwabik	Buhl
Population	598 → 882 (+47.5%)	963 → 1,013 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $69,620 (+66.9%)	$39,550 → $58,179 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $109,500 (+58.5%)	$75,900 → $115,700 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $725 (+17.7%)	$788 → $1,032 (+31.0%)

Biwabik

Population

598882

Median household income

$41,719$69,620

Median home value

$69,100$109,500

Median gross rent

$616$725

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)

	Biwabik	Buhl
Under 5	5.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.1%
75 and over	7.5%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biwabik	Buhl
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biwabik	Buhl
No high school diploma	2.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	19.8%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biwabik	Buhl
Drove alone	73.1%	86.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.4%
Worked from home	14.2%	0.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biwabik	Buhl
1-unit, detached	88.5%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Biwabik	Buhl
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1952	1958