Cass County vs Pine County

A side-by-side comparison of Cass County and Pine County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cass County has the higher population (30,688 vs 29,411 in Pine County). Pine County has the higher median household income ($69,666 vs $64,937 in Cass County). Cass County has the higher median home value ($262,300 vs $225,600 in Pine County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	Pine County
Population	30,688	29,411
Median age	49.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,937	$69,666
Median home value	$262,300	$225,600
Median gross rent	$889	$873
Housing units	24,294	17,148
Homeownership rate	84.9%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	Pine County
Population	29,268 → 30,688 (+4.9%)	29,223 → 29,411 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$52,204 → $64,937 (+24.4%)	$53,422 → $69,666 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$194,200 → $262,300 (+35.1%)	$164,500 → $225,600 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $889 (+20.3%)	$781 → $873 (+11.8%)

Cass County

Population

29,26830,688

Median household income

$52,204$64,937

Median home value

$194,200$262,300

Median gross rent

$739$889

Pine County

Population

29,22329,411

Median household income

$53,422$69,666

Median home value

$164,500$225,600

Median gross rent

$781$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	Pine County
Under 5	4.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	16.4%	13.5%
75 and over	10.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	Pine County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.7%	2.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	Pine County
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	Pine County
Drove alone	72.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	10.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	9.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	Pine County
1-unit, detached	85.2%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	Pine County
Poverty rate	12.7%	10.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1990	1984