Bertha vs Clarissa

A side-by-side comparison of Bertha and Clarissa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clarissa has the higher population (700 vs 489 in Bertha). Bertha has the higher median household income ($54,821 vs $45,500 in Clarissa). Clarissa has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $77,900 in Bertha).

Population, income & housing

	Bertha	Clarissa
Population	489	700
Median age	42.6 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,821	$45,500
Median home value	$77,900	$104,000
Median gross rent	$750	$716
Housing units	238	333
Homeownership rate	76.6%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bertha	Clarissa
Population	635 → 489 (-23.0%)	694 → 700 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$51,406 → $54,821 (+6.6%)	$49,000 → $45,500 (-7.1%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $77,900 (+23.5%)	$93,200 → $104,000 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $750 (+25.0%)	$575 → $716 (+24.5%)

Bertha

Population

635489

Median household income

$51,406$54,821

Median home value

$63,100$77,900

Median gross rent

$600$750

Clarissa

Population

694700

Median household income

$49,000$45,500

Median home value

$93,200$104,000

Median gross rent

$575$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bertha	Clarissa
Under 5	5.9%	0.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	5.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	17.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	4.1%	12.7%
75 and over	10.2%	22.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bertha	Clarissa
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	18.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bertha	Clarissa
No high school diploma	16.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	35.1%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bertha	Clarissa
Drove alone	73.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	8.0%
Other means	2.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bertha	Clarissa
1-unit, detached	73.5%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Bertha	Clarissa
Poverty rate	11.3%	14.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1954	1957