Aitkin County vs Sibley County

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

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

Aitkin County has the higher population (15,930 vs 14,933 in Sibley County). Sibley County has the higher median household income ($76,082 vs $59,498 in Aitkin County). Aitkin County has the higher median home value ($235,100 vs $215,000 in Sibley County).

Population, income & housing

	Aitkin County	Sibley County
Population	15,930	14,933
Median age	56.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,498	$76,082
Median home value	$235,100	$215,000
Median gross rent	$912	$858
Housing units	14,203	6,482
Homeownership rate	85.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aitkin County	Sibley County
Population	15,834 → 15,930 (+0.6%)	14,892 → 14,933 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$49,351 → $59,498 (+20.6%)	$63,439 → $76,082 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$183,200 → $235,100 (+28.3%)	$159,200 → $215,000 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $912 (+18.8%)	$719 → $858 (+19.3%)

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

Sibley County

Population

14,89214,933

Median household income

$63,439$76,082

Median home value

$159,200$215,000

Median gross rent

$719$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aitkin County	Sibley County
Under 5	3.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	18.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	19.4%	10.6%
75 and over	14.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aitkin County	Sibley County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aitkin County	Sibley County
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	37.6%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aitkin County	Sibley County
Drove alone	75.4%	79.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aitkin County	Sibley County
1-unit, detached	83.3%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Aitkin County	Sibley County
Poverty rate	12.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1982	1962