Hermantown vs Hibbing

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

Hermantown 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 10,192 in Hermantown). Hermantown has the higher median household income ($92,026 vs $55,463 in Hibbing). Hermantown has the higher median home value ($374,000 vs $123,900 in Hibbing).

Population, income & housing

	Hermantown	Hibbing
Population	10,192	16,100
Median age	37.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,026	$55,463
Median home value	$374,000	$123,900
Median gross rent	$1,375	$739
Housing units	3,878	8,457
Homeownership rate	75.0%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hermantown	Hibbing
Population	9,604 → 10,192 (+6.1%)	16,014 → 16,100 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$73,865 → $92,026 (+24.6%)	$49,009 → $55,463 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$238,800 → $374,000 (+56.6%)	$109,800 → $123,900 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,095 → $1,375 (+25.6%)	$524 → $739 (+41.0%)

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

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)

	Hermantown	Hibbing
Under 5	4.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.7%
75 and over	7.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hermantown	Hibbing
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hermantown	Hibbing
No high school diploma	1.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	21.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hermantown	Hibbing
Drove alone	85.9%	83.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hermantown	Hibbing
1-unit, detached	74.6%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Hermantown	Hibbing
Poverty rate	5.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1992	1955