Soudan vs Tower

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

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

Soudan has the higher population (434 vs 427 in Tower). Tower has the higher median household income ($60,156 vs $55,526 in Soudan). Tower has the higher median home value ($113,600 vs $99,400 in Soudan).

Population, income & housing

	Soudan	Tower
Population	434	427
Median age	43.2 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,526	$60,156
Median home value	$99,400	$113,600
Median gross rent	—	$565
Housing units	260	260
Homeownership rate	83.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Soudan	Tower
Population	378 → 434 (+14.8%)	470 → 427 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$60,250 → $55,526 (-7.8%)	$38,750 → $60,156 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $99,400 (+40.4%)	$83,800 → $113,600 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $485 (+2.1%)	$625 → $565 (-9.6%)

Soudan

Population

378434

Median household income

$60,250$55,526

Median home value

$70,800$99,400

Median gross rent

$475$485

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)

	Soudan	Tower
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	6.3%
45 to 54	6.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	21.1%
65 to 74	19.6%	14.8%
75 and over	6.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Soudan	Tower
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Soudan	Tower
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Soudan	Tower
Drove alone	77.4%	71.0%
Carpooled	17.9%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Soudan	Tower
1-unit, detached	73.8%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Soudan	Tower
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1954	1959