Blue Earth County vs Carver County

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Earth County and Carver County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carver County has the higher population (108,622 vs 69,386 in Blue Earth County). Carver County has the higher median household income ($123,144 vs $72,623 in Blue Earth County). Carver County has the higher median home value ($426,900 vs $252,800 in Blue Earth County).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Earth County	Carver County
Population	69,386	108,622
Median age	31.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,623	$123,144
Median home value	$252,800	$426,900
Median gross rent	$1,076	$1,444
Housing units	29,544	41,395
Homeownership rate	61.8%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Earth County	Carver County
Population	66,795 → 69,386 (+3.9%)	101,949 → 108,622 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$57,429 → $72,623 (+26.5%)	$101,496 → $123,144 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$184,800 → $252,800 (+36.8%)	$313,200 → $426,900 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,076 (+21.9%)	$1,146 → $1,444 (+26.0%)

Blue Earth County

Population

66,79569,386

Median household income

$57,429$72,623

Median home value

$184,800$252,800

Median gross rent

$883$1,076

Carver County

Population

101,949108,622

Median household income

$101,496$123,144

Median home value

$313,200$426,900

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Earth County	Carver County
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	21.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.5%
75 and over	6.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Earth County	Carver County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	86.1%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Earth County	Carver County
No high school diploma	5.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	24.8%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Earth County	Carver County
Drove alone	76.2%	69.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.3%
Public transit	1.8%	0.8%
Walked	3.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.3%	22.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Earth County	Carver County
1-unit, detached	59.4%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	14.1%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Blue Earth County	Carver County
Poverty rate	16.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1977	1995