Biwabik vs Cook

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

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

Biwabik has the higher population (882 vs 427 in Cook). Biwabik has the higher median household income ($69,620 vs $41,750 in Cook). Biwabik has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $104,200 in Cook).

Population, income & housing

	Biwabik	Cook
Population	882	427
Median age	41.1 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,620	$41,750
Median home value	$109,500	$104,200
Median gross rent	$725	$650
Housing units	451	270
Homeownership rate	83.6%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biwabik	Cook
Population	598 → 882 (+47.5%)	515 → 427 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $69,620 (+66.9%)	$36,458 → $41,750 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $109,500 (+58.5%)	$98,300 → $104,200 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $725 (+17.7%)	$525 → $650 (+23.8%)

Biwabik

Population

598882

Median household income

$41,719$69,620

Median home value

$69,100$109,500

Median gross rent

$616$725

Cook

Population

515427

Median household income

$36,458$41,750

Median home value

$98,300$104,200

Median gross rent

$525$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biwabik	Cook
Under 5	5.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	10.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.9%
75 and over	7.5%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biwabik	Cook
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biwabik	Cook
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	19.8%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biwabik	Cook
Drove alone	73.1%	71.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	4.2%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biwabik	Cook
1-unit, detached	88.5%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Biwabik	Cook
Poverty rate	5.8%	10.3%
Average household size	2.24	1.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1952	1966