Beltrami County vs Goodhue County

A side-by-side comparison of Beltrami County and Goodhue County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goodhue County has the higher population (47,844 vs 46,421 in Beltrami County). Goodhue County has the higher median household income ($82,749 vs $67,257 in Beltrami County). Goodhue County has the higher median home value ($269,400 vs $222,300 in Beltrami County).

Population, income & housing

	Beltrami County	Goodhue County
Population	46,421	47,844
Median age	35.1 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,257	$82,749
Median home value	$222,300	$269,400
Median gross rent	$991	$939
Housing units	21,583	21,071
Homeownership rate	69.5%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beltrami County	Goodhue County
Population	46,403 → 46,421 (+0.0%)	46,246 → 47,844 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$49,160 → $67,257 (+36.8%)	$66,800 → $82,749 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $222,300 (+36.7%)	$204,100 → $269,400 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $991 (+29.5%)	$862 → $939 (+8.9%)

Beltrami County

Population

46,40346,421

Median household income

$49,160$67,257

Median home value

$162,600$222,300

Median gross rent

$765$991

Goodhue County

Population

46,24647,844

Median household income

$66,800$82,749

Median home value

$204,100$269,400

Median gross rent

$862$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beltrami County	Goodhue County
Under 5	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	12.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.8%
75 and over	6.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beltrami County	Goodhue County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.9%	0.9%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beltrami County	Goodhue County
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beltrami County	Goodhue County
Drove alone	77.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.4%
Public transit	1.4%	1.0%
Walked	2.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.1%	10.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beltrami County	Goodhue County
1-unit, detached	69.2%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.8%
20 or more units	8.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Beltrami County	Goodhue County
Poverty rate	16.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1986	1974