Duluth vs Hibbing

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

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

Duluth has the higher population (86,863 vs 16,100 in Hibbing). Duluth has the higher median household income ($66,263 vs $55,463 in Hibbing). Duluth has the higher median home value ($225,700 vs $123,900 in Hibbing).

Population, income & housing

	Duluth	Hibbing
Population	86,863	16,100
Median age	35.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,263	$55,463
Median home value	$225,700	$123,900
Median gross rent	$1,037	$739
Housing units	39,805	8,457
Homeownership rate	60.2%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duluth	Hibbing
Population	85,915 → 86,863 (+1.1%)	16,014 → 16,100 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$52,463 → $66,263 (+26.3%)	$49,009 → $55,463 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$163,300 → $225,700 (+38.2%)	$109,800 → $123,900 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,037 (+26.5%)	$524 → $739 (+41.0%)

Duluth

Population

85,91586,863

Median household income

$52,463$66,263

Median home value

$163,300$225,700

Median gross rent

$820$1,037

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)

	Duluth	Hibbing
Under 5	5.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	18.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.7%
75 and over	6.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duluth	Hibbing
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duluth	Hibbing
No high school diploma	4.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	20.2%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duluth	Hibbing
Drove alone	71.7%	83.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.0%
Public transit	3.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.7%	3.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duluth	Hibbing
1-unit, detached	60.5%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	15.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Duluth	Hibbing
Poverty rate	17.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1951	1955