Eagle Bend vs Hewitt

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Bend and Hewitt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eagle Bend has the higher population (620 vs 268 in Hewitt). Hewitt has the higher median household income ($61,750 vs $48,924 in Eagle Bend). Eagle Bend has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $75,700 in Hewitt).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Bend	Hewitt
Population	620	268
Median age	32.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,924	$61,750
Median home value	$96,700	$75,700
Median gross rent	$775	$975
Housing units	295	104
Homeownership rate	80.2%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Bend	Hewitt
Population	519 → 620 (+19.5%)	223 → 268 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$37,159 → $48,924 (+31.7%)	$41,111 → $61,750 (+50.2%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $96,700 (+37.6%)	$63,300 → $75,700 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $775 (+55.0%)	$617 → $975 (+58.0%)

Eagle Bend

Population

519620

Median household income

$37,159$48,924

Median home value

$70,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$500$775

Hewitt

Population

223268

Median household income

$41,111$61,750

Median home value

$63,300$75,700

Median gross rent

$617$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Bend	Hewitt
Under 5	4.7%	13.1%
5 to 17	29.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	4.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.7%
75 and over	7.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Bend	Hewitt
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.5%	14.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Bend	Hewitt
No high school diploma	4.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	60.6%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Bend	Hewitt
Drove alone	80.8%	84.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	12.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	1.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Bend	Hewitt
1-unit, detached	85.4%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	30.8%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Bend	Hewitt
Poverty rate	18.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1950	1960