Buhl vs Gilbert

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

Buhl 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 1,013 in Buhl). Gilbert has the higher median household income ($62,625 vs $58,179 in Buhl). Gilbert has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $115,700 in Buhl).

Population, income & housing

	Buhl	Gilbert
Population	1,013	1,693
Median age	45.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,179	$62,625
Median home value	$115,700	$116,200
Median gross rent	$1,032	$598
Housing units	497	847
Homeownership rate	76.4%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buhl	Gilbert
Population	963 → 1,013 (+5.2%)	1,850 → 1,693 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$39,550 → $58,179 (+47.1%)	$53,846 → $62,625 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $115,700 (+52.4%)	$92,500 → $116,200 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,032 (+31.0%)	$671 → $598 (-10.9%)

Buhl

Population

9631,013

Median household income

$39,550$58,179

Median home value

$75,900$115,700

Median gross rent

$788$1,032

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)

	Buhl	Gilbert
Under 5	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	7.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	18.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	15.2%
75 and over	12.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buhl	Gilbert
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buhl	Gilbert
No high school diploma	7.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	42.9%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buhl	Gilbert
Drove alone	86.1%	88.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	6.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.9%	2.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buhl	Gilbert
1-unit, detached	84.7%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Buhl	Gilbert
Poverty rate	2.4%	9.8%
Average household size	2.09	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1958	1953