Biwabik vs Gilbert

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

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

Gilbert has the higher population (1,693 vs 882 in Biwabik). Biwabik has the higher median household income ($69,620 vs $62,625 in Gilbert). Gilbert has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $109,500 in Biwabik).

Population, income & housing

	Biwabik	Gilbert
Population	882	1,693
Median age	41.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,620	$62,625
Median home value	$109,500	$116,200
Median gross rent	$725	$598
Housing units	451	847
Homeownership rate	83.6%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biwabik	Gilbert
Population	598 → 882 (+47.5%)	1,850 → 1,693 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $69,620 (+66.9%)	$53,846 → $62,625 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $109,500 (+58.5%)	$92,500 → $116,200 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $725 (+17.7%)	$671 → $598 (-10.9%)

Biwabik

Population

598882

Median household income

$41,719$69,620

Median home value

$69,100$109,500

Median gross rent

$616$725

Gilbert

Population

1,8501,693

Median household income

$53,846$62,625

Median home value

$92,500$116,200

Median gross rent

$671$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biwabik	Gilbert
Under 5	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	16.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	18.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	15.2%
75 and over	7.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biwabik	Gilbert
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biwabik	Gilbert
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	19.8%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biwabik	Gilbert
Drove alone	73.1%	88.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	14.2%	2.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biwabik	Gilbert
1-unit, detached	88.5%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	4.2%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Biwabik	Gilbert
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1952	1953