Aitkin County vs Kanabec County

A side-by-side comparison of Aitkin County and Kanabec County: population, income, housing, and more.

Aitkin County and Kanabec County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kanabec County has the higher population (16,261 vs 15,930 in Aitkin County). Kanabec County has the higher median household income ($71,915 vs $59,498 in Aitkin County). Aitkin County has the higher median home value ($235,100 vs $221,100 in Kanabec County).

Population, income & housing

	Aitkin County	Kanabec County
Population	15,930	16,261
Median age	56.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,498	$71,915
Median home value	$235,100	$221,100
Median gross rent	$912	$1,003
Housing units	14,203	7,793
Homeownership rate	85.3%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aitkin County	Kanabec County
Population	15,834 → 15,930 (+0.6%)	16,089 → 16,261 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$49,351 → $59,498 (+20.6%)	$57,163 → $71,915 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$183,200 → $235,100 (+28.3%)	$163,900 → $221,100 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $912 (+18.8%)	$816 → $1,003 (+22.9%)

Aitkin County

Population

15,83415,930

Median household income

$49,351$59,498

Median home value

$183,200$235,100

Median gross rent

$768$912

Kanabec County

Population

16,08916,261

Median household income

$57,163$71,915

Median home value

$163,900$221,100

Median gross rent

$816$1,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aitkin County	Kanabec County
Under 5	3.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	18.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	19.4%	13.0%
75 and over	14.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aitkin County	Kanabec County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aitkin County	Kanabec County
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aitkin County	Kanabec County
Drove alone	75.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.0%	8.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aitkin County	Kanabec County
1-unit, detached	83.3%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Aitkin County	Kanabec County
Poverty rate	12.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1982	1983