Benton County vs Isanti County

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

Benton 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.

Isanti County has the higher population (41,934 vs 41,458 in Benton County). Isanti County has the higher median household income ($86,573 vs $71,480 in Benton County). Isanti County has the higher median home value ($283,200 vs $247,100 in Benton County).

Population, income & housing

	Benton County	Isanti County
Population	41,458	41,934
Median age	36.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,480	$86,573
Median home value	$247,100	$283,200
Median gross rent	$917	$1,241
Housing units	17,484	16,976
Homeownership rate	67.9%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton County	Isanti County
Population	40,129 → 41,458 (+3.3%)	39,430 → 41,934 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$57,715 → $71,480 (+23.8%)	$74,616 → $86,573 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $247,100 (+41.3%)	$196,800 → $283,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $917 (+20.7%)	$1,019 → $1,241 (+21.8%)

Benton County

Population

40,12941,458

Median household income

$57,715$71,480

Median home value

$174,900$247,100

Median gross rent

$760$917

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)

	Benton County	Isanti County
Under 5	6.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.2%
75 and over	5.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton County	Isanti County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	91.8%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	1.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton County	Isanti County
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton County	Isanti County
Drove alone	81.2%	77.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	3.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	11.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton County	Isanti County
1-unit, detached	65.7%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	15.7%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Benton County	Isanti County
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1985	1988