Becker County vs Steele County

A side-by-side comparison of Becker County and Steele County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Steele County has the higher population (37,413 vs 35,260 in Becker County). Steele County has the higher median household income ($83,448 vs $71,117 in Becker County). Becker County has the higher median home value ($266,900 vs $234,200 in Steele County).

Population, income & housing

	Becker County	Steele County
Population	35,260	37,413
Median age	43.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,117	$83,448
Median home value	$266,900	$234,200
Median gross rent	$899	$1,006
Housing units	19,869	15,878
Homeownership rate	77.8%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Becker County	Steele County
Population	34,011 → 35,260 (+3.7%)	36,683 → 37,413 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$60,284 → $71,117 (+18.0%)	$64,903 → $83,448 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$198,400 → $266,900 (+34.5%)	$169,300 → $234,200 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $899 (+23.0%)	$770 → $1,006 (+30.6%)

Becker County

Population

34,01135,260

Median household income

$60,284$71,117

Median home value

$198,400$266,900

Median gross rent

$731$899

Steele County

Population

36,68337,413

Median household income

$64,903$83,448

Median home value

$169,300$234,200

Median gross rent

$770$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Becker County	Steele County
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.7%
75 and over	8.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Becker County	Steele County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Becker County	Steele County
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Becker County	Steele County
Drove alone	75.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.7%	1.1%
Walked	3.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Becker County	Steele County
1-unit, detached	79.3%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.6%
20 or more units	3.9%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Becker County	Steele County
Poverty rate	11.0%	7.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1980	1975