Eveleth vs Proctor

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

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

Eveleth has the higher population (3,470 vs 3,102 in Proctor). Proctor has the higher median household income ($80,913 vs $47,721 in Eveleth). Proctor has the higher median home value ($219,500 vs $91,800 in Eveleth).

Population, income & housing

	Eveleth	Proctor
Population	3,470	3,102
Median age	39.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,721	$80,913
Median home value	$91,800	$219,500
Median gross rent	$839	$1,040
Housing units	2,048	1,311
Homeownership rate	68.4%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eveleth	Proctor
Population	3,609 → 3,470 (-3.9%)	3,040 → 3,102 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$46,719 → $47,721 (+2.1%)	$57,794 → $80,913 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $91,800 (+20.8%)	$147,000 → $219,500 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $839 (+35.3%)	$653 → $1,040 (+59.3%)

Eveleth

Population

3,6093,470

Median household income

$46,719$47,721

Median home value

$76,000$91,800

Median gross rent

$620$839

Proctor

Population

3,0403,102

Median household income

$57,794$80,913

Median home value

$147,000$219,500

Median gross rent

$653$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eveleth	Proctor
Under 5	3.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.0%
75 and over	7.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eveleth	Proctor
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	3.7%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eveleth	Proctor
No high school diploma	5.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	29.2%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eveleth	Proctor
Drove alone	83.9%	84.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	6.4%
Other means	2.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eveleth	Proctor
1-unit, detached	66.1%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	13.7%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eveleth	Proctor
Poverty rate	19.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1941	1969