Eveleth vs Hibbing

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

Eveleth 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 3,470 in Eveleth). Hibbing has the higher median household income ($55,463 vs $47,721 in Eveleth). Hibbing has the higher median home value ($123,900 vs $91,800 in Eveleth).

Population, income & housing

	Eveleth	Hibbing
Population	3,470	16,100
Median age	39.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,721	$55,463
Median home value	$91,800	$123,900
Median gross rent	$839	$739
Housing units	2,048	8,457
Homeownership rate	68.4%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eveleth	Hibbing
Population	3,609 → 3,470 (-3.9%)	16,014 → 16,100 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$46,719 → $47,721 (+2.1%)	$49,009 → $55,463 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $91,800 (+20.8%)	$109,800 → $123,900 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $839 (+35.3%)	$524 → $739 (+41.0%)

Eveleth

Population

3,6093,470

Median household income

$46,719$47,721

Median home value

$76,000$91,800

Median gross rent

$620$839

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)

	Eveleth	Hibbing
Under 5	3.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.7%
75 and over	7.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eveleth	Hibbing
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	92.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	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	5.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eveleth	Hibbing
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	29.2%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eveleth	Hibbing
Drove alone	83.9%	83.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	3.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.0%	3.8%
Other means	2.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eveleth	Hibbing
1-unit, detached	66.1%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	13.7%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Eveleth	Hibbing
Poverty rate	19.0%	14.2%
Average household size	2.02	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1941	1955