Chisholm vs Hibbing

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

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

Hibbing has the higher population (16,100 vs 4,731 in Chisholm). Hibbing has the higher median household income ($55,463 vs $54,815 in Chisholm). Hibbing has the higher median home value ($123,900 vs $108,100 in Chisholm).

Population, income & housing

	Chisholm	Hibbing
Population	4,731	16,100
Median age	52.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,815	$55,463
Median home value	$108,100	$123,900
Median gross rent	$785	$739
Housing units	2,080	8,457
Homeownership rate	73.4%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisholm	Hibbing
Population	4,914 → 4,731 (-3.7%)	16,014 → 16,100 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$40,294 → $54,815 (+36.0%)	$49,009 → $55,463 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $108,100 (+49.1%)	$109,800 → $123,900 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $785 (+30.0%)	$524 → $739 (+41.0%)

Chisholm

Population

4,9144,731

Median household income

$40,294$54,815

Median home value

$72,500$108,100

Median gross rent

$604$785

Hibbing

Population

16,01416,100

Median household income

$49,009$55,463

Median home value

$109,800$123,900

Median gross rent

$524$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisholm	Hibbing
Under 5	2.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	19.0%	13.7%
75 and over	11.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisholm	Hibbing
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisholm	Hibbing
No high school diploma	8.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisholm	Hibbing
Drove alone	82.6%	83.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	6.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisholm	Hibbing
1-unit, detached	85.0%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	4.2%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Chisholm	Hibbing
Poverty rate	11.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1948	1955