Cook vs Floodwood

A side-by-side comparison of Cook and Floodwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Floodwood has the higher population (482 vs 427 in Cook). Cook has the higher median household income ($41,750 vs $40,972 in Floodwood). Cook has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $100,000 in Floodwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cook	Floodwood
Population	427	482
Median age	58.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$40,972
Median home value	$104,200	$100,000
Median gross rent	$650	$667
Housing units	270	271
Homeownership rate	70.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cook	Floodwood
Population	515 → 427 (-17.1%)	449 → 482 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$36,458 → $41,750 (+14.5%)	$33,424 → $40,972 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $104,200 (+6.0%)	$80,000 → $100,000 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $650 (+23.8%)	$468 → $667 (+42.5%)

Cook

Population

515427

Median household income

$36,458$41,750

Median home value

$98,300$104,200

Median gross rent

$525$650

Floodwood

Population

449482

Median household income

$33,424$40,972

Median home value

$80,000$100,000

Median gross rent

$468$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cook	Floodwood
Under 5	3.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	10.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.4%
75 and over	23.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cook	Floodwood
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cook	Floodwood
No high school diploma	3.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	45.6%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cook	Floodwood
Drove alone	71.8%	72.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.4%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cook	Floodwood
1-unit, detached	70.0%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.6%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Cook	Floodwood
Poverty rate	10.3%	24.7%
Average household size	1.51	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	17	37
Median year structure built	1966	1963