Biwabik vs Soudan

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

Biwabik and Soudan 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 434 in Soudan). Biwabik has the higher median household income ($69,620 vs $55,526 in Soudan). Biwabik has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $99,400 in Soudan).

Population, income & housing

	Biwabik	Soudan
Population	882	434
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,620	$55,526
Median home value	$109,500	$99,400
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	451	260
Homeownership rate	83.6%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biwabik	Soudan
Population	598 → 882 (+47.5%)	378 → 434 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $69,620 (+66.9%)	$60,250 → $55,526 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $109,500 (+58.5%)	$70,800 → $99,400 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $725 (+17.7%)	$475 → $485 (+2.1%)

Biwabik

Population

598882

Median household income

$41,719$69,620

Median home value

$69,100$109,500

Median gross rent

$616$725

Soudan

Population

378434

Median household income

$60,250$55,526

Median home value

$70,800$99,400

Median gross rent

$475$485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biwabik	Soudan
Under 5	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	16.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	19.6%
75 and over	7.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biwabik	Soudan
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biwabik	Soudan
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	19.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biwabik	Soudan
Drove alone	73.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biwabik	Soudan
1-unit, detached	88.5%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	4.2%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Biwabik	Soudan
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1952	1954