Floodwood vs Tower

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

Floodwood and Tower 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 427 in Tower). Tower has the higher median household income ($60,156 vs $40,972 in Floodwood). Tower has the higher median home value ($113,600 vs $100,000 in Floodwood).

Population, income & housing

	Floodwood	Tower
Population	482	427
Median age	41.1 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,972	$60,156
Median home value	$100,000	$113,600
Median gross rent	$667	$565
Housing units	271	260
Homeownership rate	73.2%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floodwood	Tower
Population	449 → 482 (+7.3%)	470 → 427 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$33,424 → $40,972 (+22.6%)	$38,750 → $60,156 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $100,000 (+25.0%)	$83,800 → $113,600 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $667 (+42.5%)	$625 → $565 (-9.6%)

Floodwood

Population

449482

Median household income

$33,424$40,972

Median home value

$80,000$100,000

Median gross rent

$468$667

Tower

Population

470427

Median household income

$38,750$60,156

Median home value

$83,800$113,600

Median gross rent

$625$565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Floodwood	Tower
Under 5	8.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	6.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	21.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	14.8%
75 and over	9.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floodwood	Tower
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	86.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floodwood	Tower
No high school diploma	8.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floodwood	Tower
Drove alone	72.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	4.8%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	17.2%
Other means	4.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floodwood	Tower
1-unit, detached	65.7%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Floodwood	Tower
Poverty rate	24.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	37	23
Median year structure built	1963	1959