Chisholm vs Ely

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

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

Chisholm has the higher population (4,731 vs 3,239 in Ely). Chisholm has the higher median household income ($54,815 vs $46,042 in Ely). Ely has the higher median home value ($150,800 vs $108,100 in Chisholm).

Population, income & housing

	Chisholm	Ely
Population	4,731	3,239
Median age	52.1 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,815	$46,042
Median home value	$108,100	$150,800
Median gross rent	$785	$627
Housing units	2,080	2,020
Homeownership rate	73.4%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisholm	Ely
Population	4,914 → 4,731 (-3.7%)	3,390 → 3,239 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$40,294 → $54,815 (+36.0%)	$40,946 → $46,042 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $108,100 (+49.1%)	$101,900 → $150,800 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $785 (+30.0%)	$494 → $627 (+26.9%)

Chisholm

Population

4,9144,731

Median household income

$40,294$54,815

Median home value

$72,500$108,100

Median gross rent

$604$785

Ely

Population

3,3903,239

Median household income

$40,946$46,042

Median home value

$101,900$150,800

Median gross rent

$494$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisholm	Ely
Under 5	2.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	5.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	15.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	20.5%
65 to 74	19.0%	16.1%
75 and over	11.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisholm	Ely
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisholm	Ely
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisholm	Ely
Drove alone	82.6%	56.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.3%	21.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisholm	Ely
1-unit, detached	85.0%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	4.2%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Chisholm	Ely
Poverty rate	11.2%	15.9%
Average household size	2.47	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1948	1941