Biwabik vs Tower

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

Biwabik and Tower 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 Tower). Biwabik has the higher median household income ($69,620 vs $60,156 in Tower). Tower has the higher median home value ($113,600 vs $109,500 in Biwabik).

Population, income & housing

	Biwabik	Tower
Population	882	427
Median age	41.1 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,620	$60,156
Median home value	$109,500	$113,600
Median gross rent	$725	$565
Housing units	451	260
Homeownership rate	83.6%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biwabik	Tower
Population	598 → 882 (+47.5%)	470 → 427 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $69,620 (+66.9%)	$38,750 → $60,156 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $109,500 (+58.5%)	$83,800 → $113,600 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $725 (+17.7%)	$625 → $565 (-9.6%)

Biwabik

Population

598882

Median household income

$41,719$69,620

Median home value

$69,100$109,500

Median gross rent

$616$725

Tower

Population

470427

Median household income

$38,750$60,156

Median home value

$83,800$113,600

Median gross rent

$625$565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biwabik	Tower
Under 5	5.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	21.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	14.8%
75 and over	7.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biwabik	Tower
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
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%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biwabik	Tower
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	19.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biwabik	Tower
Drove alone	73.1%	71.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	4.2%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	17.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biwabik	Tower
1-unit, detached	88.5%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Biwabik	Tower
Poverty rate	5.8%	8.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1952	1959