Chisholm vs Duluth

A side-by-side comparison of Chisholm and Duluth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Duluth has the higher population (86,863 vs 4,731 in Chisholm). Duluth has the higher median household income ($66,263 vs $54,815 in Chisholm). Duluth has the higher median home value ($225,700 vs $108,100 in Chisholm).

Population, income & housing

	Chisholm	Duluth
Population	4,731	86,863
Median age	52.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,815	$66,263
Median home value	$108,100	$225,700
Median gross rent	$785	$1,037
Housing units	2,080	39,805
Homeownership rate	73.4%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisholm	Duluth
Population	4,914 → 4,731 (-3.7%)	85,915 → 86,863 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$40,294 → $54,815 (+36.0%)	$52,463 → $66,263 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $108,100 (+49.1%)	$163,300 → $225,700 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $785 (+30.0%)	$820 → $1,037 (+26.5%)

Chisholm

Population

4,9144,731

Median household income

$40,294$54,815

Median home value

$72,500$108,100

Median gross rent

$604$785

Duluth

Population

85,91586,863

Median household income

$52,463$66,263

Median home value

$163,300$225,700

Median gross rent

$820$1,037

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisholm	Duluth
Under 5	2.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	18.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	19.0%	9.9%
75 and over	11.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisholm	Duluth
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisholm	Duluth
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisholm	Duluth
Drove alone	82.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	6.3%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.3%	11.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisholm	Duluth
1-unit, detached	85.0%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.2%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Chisholm	Duluth
Poverty rate	11.2%	17.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1948	1951