Buhl vs Floodwood

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

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

Buhl has the higher population (1,013 vs 482 in Floodwood). Buhl has the higher median household income ($58,179 vs $40,972 in Floodwood). Buhl has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $100,000 in Floodwood).

Population, income & housing

	Buhl	Floodwood
Population	1,013	482
Median age	45.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,179	$40,972
Median home value	$115,700	$100,000
Median gross rent	$1,032	$667
Housing units	497	271
Homeownership rate	76.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buhl	Floodwood
Population	963 → 1,013 (+5.2%)	449 → 482 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$39,550 → $58,179 (+47.1%)	$33,424 → $40,972 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $115,700 (+52.4%)	$80,000 → $100,000 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,032 (+31.0%)	$468 → $667 (+42.5%)

Buhl

Population

9631,013

Median household income

$39,550$58,179

Median home value

$75,900$115,700

Median gross rent

$788$1,032

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)

	Buhl	Floodwood
Under 5	3.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	7.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.4%
75 and over	12.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buhl	Floodwood
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buhl	Floodwood
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	42.9%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buhl	Floodwood
Drove alone	86.1%	72.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	4.8%
Bicycle	6.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	13.4%
Other means	1.7%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buhl	Floodwood
1-unit, detached	84.7%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Buhl	Floodwood
Poverty rate	2.4%	24.7%
Average household size	2.09	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	16	37
Median year structure built	1958	1963