Eveleth vs Hermantown

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

Eveleth 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 3,470 in Eveleth). Hermantown has the higher median household income ($92,026 vs $47,721 in Eveleth). Hermantown has the higher median home value ($374,000 vs $91,800 in Eveleth).

Population, income & housing

	Eveleth	Hermantown
Population	3,470	10,192
Median age	39.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,721	$92,026
Median home value	$91,800	$374,000
Median gross rent	$839	$1,375
Housing units	2,048	3,878
Homeownership rate	68.4%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eveleth	Hermantown
Population	3,609 → 3,470 (-3.9%)	9,604 → 10,192 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$46,719 → $47,721 (+2.1%)	$73,865 → $92,026 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $91,800 (+20.8%)	$238,800 → $374,000 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $839 (+35.3%)	$1,095 → $1,375 (+25.6%)

Eveleth

Population

3,6093,470

Median household income

$46,719$47,721

Median home value

$76,000$91,800

Median gross rent

$620$839

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)

	Eveleth	Hermantown
Under 5	3.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.4%
75 and over	7.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eveleth	Hermantown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	88.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	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	5.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eveleth	Hermantown
No high school diploma	5.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	29.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eveleth	Hermantown
Drove alone	83.9%	85.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	9.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eveleth	Hermantown
1-unit, detached	66.1%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	5.8%
20 or more units	13.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Eveleth	Hermantown
Poverty rate	19.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1941	1992