Beltrami County vs Isanti County

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

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

Beltrami County has the higher population (46,421 vs 41,934 in Isanti County). Isanti County has the higher median household income ($86,573 vs $67,257 in Beltrami County). Isanti County has the higher median home value ($283,200 vs $222,300 in Beltrami County).

Population, income & housing

	Beltrami County	Isanti County
Population	46,421	41,934
Median age	35.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,257	$86,573
Median home value	$222,300	$283,200
Median gross rent	$991	$1,241
Housing units	21,583	16,976
Homeownership rate	69.5%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beltrami County	Isanti County
Population	46,403 → 46,421 (+0.0%)	39,430 → 41,934 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$49,160 → $67,257 (+36.8%)	$74,616 → $86,573 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $222,300 (+36.7%)	$196,800 → $283,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $991 (+29.5%)	$1,019 → $1,241 (+21.8%)

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

Isanti County

Population

39,43041,934

Median household income

$74,616$86,573

Median home value

$196,800$283,200

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,241

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beltrami County	Isanti County
Under 5	6.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.2%
75 and over	6.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beltrami County	Isanti County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.9%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beltrami County	Isanti County
No high school diploma	7.2%	7.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beltrami County	Isanti County
Drove alone	77.2%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.6%
Walked	2.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.1%	11.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beltrami County	Isanti County
1-unit, detached	69.2%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	8.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Beltrami County	Isanti County
Poverty rate	16.0%	7.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1986	1988