Floodwood vs Soudan

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

Floodwood and Soudan 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 434 in Soudan). Soudan has the higher median household income ($55,526 vs $40,972 in Floodwood). Floodwood has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $99,400 in Soudan).

Population, income & housing

	Floodwood	Soudan
Population	482	434
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,972	$55,526
Median home value	$100,000	$99,400
Median gross rent	$667	—
Housing units	271	260
Homeownership rate	73.2%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floodwood	Soudan
Population	449 → 482 (+7.3%)	378 → 434 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$33,424 → $40,972 (+22.6%)	$60,250 → $55,526 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $100,000 (+25.0%)	$70,800 → $99,400 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $667 (+42.5%)	$475 → $485 (+2.1%)

Floodwood

Population

449482

Median household income

$33,424$40,972

Median home value

$80,000$100,000

Median gross rent

$468$667

Soudan

Population

378434

Median household income

$60,250$55,526

Median home value

$70,800$99,400

Median gross rent

$475$485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Floodwood	Soudan
Under 5	8.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	6.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	17.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	19.6%
75 and over	9.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floodwood	Soudan
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	89.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floodwood	Soudan
No high school diploma	8.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floodwood	Soudan
Drove alone	72.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	4.6%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floodwood	Soudan
1-unit, detached	65.7%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	14.4%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Floodwood	Soudan
Poverty rate	24.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1963	1954