Chisholm vs Hermantown

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

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

Hermantown has the higher population (10,192 vs 4,731 in Chisholm). Hermantown has the higher median household income ($92,026 vs $54,815 in Chisholm). Hermantown has the higher median home value ($374,000 vs $108,100 in Chisholm).

Population, income & housing

	Chisholm	Hermantown
Population	4,731	10,192
Median age	52.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,815	$92,026
Median home value	$108,100	$374,000
Median gross rent	$785	$1,375
Housing units	2,080	3,878
Homeownership rate	73.4%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisholm	Hermantown
Population	4,914 → 4,731 (-3.7%)	9,604 → 10,192 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$40,294 → $54,815 (+36.0%)	$73,865 → $92,026 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $108,100 (+49.1%)	$238,800 → $374,000 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $785 (+30.0%)	$1,095 → $1,375 (+25.6%)

Chisholm

Population

4,9144,731

Median household income

$40,294$54,815

Median home value

$72,500$108,100

Median gross rent

$604$785

Hermantown

Population

9,60410,192

Median household income

$73,865$92,026

Median home value

$238,800$374,000

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisholm	Hermantown
Under 5	2.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	19.0%	7.4%
75 and over	11.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisholm	Hermantown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisholm	Hermantown
No high school diploma	8.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisholm	Hermantown
Drove alone	82.6%	85.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	9.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisholm	Hermantown
1-unit, detached	85.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	5.8%
20 or more units	4.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Chisholm	Hermantown
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1948	1992