Biwabik vs Floodwood

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

Biwabik and Floodwood 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 482 in Floodwood). Biwabik has the higher median household income ($69,620 vs $40,972 in Floodwood). Biwabik has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $100,000 in Floodwood).

Population, income & housing

	Biwabik	Floodwood
Population	882	482
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,620	$40,972
Median home value	$109,500	$100,000
Median gross rent	$725	$667
Housing units	451	271
Homeownership rate	83.6%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biwabik	Floodwood
Population	598 → 882 (+47.5%)	449 → 482 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $69,620 (+66.9%)	$33,424 → $40,972 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $109,500 (+58.5%)	$80,000 → $100,000 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $725 (+17.7%)	$468 → $667 (+42.5%)

Biwabik

Population

598882

Median household income

$41,719$69,620

Median home value

$69,100$109,500

Median gross rent

$616$725

Floodwood

Population

449482

Median household income

$33,424$40,972

Median home value

$80,000$100,000

Median gross rent

$468$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biwabik	Floodwood
Under 5	5.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.4%
75 and over	7.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biwabik	Floodwood
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biwabik	Floodwood
No high school diploma	2.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	19.8%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biwabik	Floodwood
Drove alone	73.1%	72.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	13.4%
Other means	0.7%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biwabik	Floodwood
1-unit, detached	88.5%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Biwabik	Floodwood
Poverty rate	5.8%	24.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	37
Median year structure built	1952	1963