Chisholm vs Eveleth

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

Chisholm and Eveleth 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 3,470 in Eveleth). Chisholm has the higher median household income ($54,815 vs $47,721 in Eveleth). Chisholm has the higher median home value ($108,100 vs $91,800 in Eveleth).

Population, income & housing

	Chisholm	Eveleth
Population	4,731	3,470
Median age	52.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,815	$47,721
Median home value	$108,100	$91,800
Median gross rent	$785	$839
Housing units	2,080	2,048
Homeownership rate	73.4%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisholm	Eveleth
Population	4,914 → 4,731 (-3.7%)	3,609 → 3,470 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$40,294 → $54,815 (+36.0%)	$46,719 → $47,721 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $108,100 (+49.1%)	$76,000 → $91,800 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $785 (+30.0%)	$620 → $839 (+35.3%)

Chisholm

Population

4,9144,731

Median household income

$40,294$54,815

Median home value

$72,500$108,100

Median gross rent

$604$785

Eveleth

Population

3,6093,470

Median household income

$46,719$47,721

Median home value

$76,000$91,800

Median gross rent

$620$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisholm	Eveleth
Under 5	2.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	19.0%	10.3%
75 and over	11.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisholm	Eveleth
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisholm	Eveleth
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisholm	Eveleth
Drove alone	82.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	6.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.0%
Other means	1.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisholm	Eveleth
1-unit, detached	85.0%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	8.5%
20 or more units	4.2%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Chisholm	Eveleth
Poverty rate	11.2%	19.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1948	1941