Faribault County vs Roseau County

A side-by-side comparison of Faribault County and Roseau County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roseau County has the higher population (15,301 vs 13,909 in Faribault County). Roseau County has the higher median household income ($73,611 vs $64,391 in Faribault County). Roseau County has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $120,200 in Faribault County).

Population, income & housing

	Faribault County	Roseau County
Population	13,909	15,301
Median age	44.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,391	$73,611
Median home value	$120,200	$177,100
Median gross rent	$837	$886
Housing units	6,921	7,188
Homeownership rate	78.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Faribault County	Roseau County
Population	13,801 → 13,909 (+0.8%)	15,361 → 15,301 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$53,156 → $64,391 (+21.1%)	$62,202 → $73,611 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$89,500 → $120,200 (+34.3%)	$132,800 → $177,100 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $837 (+41.9%)	$723 → $886 (+22.5%)

Faribault County

Population

13,80113,909

Median household income

$53,156$64,391

Median home value

$89,500$120,200

Median gross rent

$590$837

Roseau County

Population

15,36115,301

Median household income

$62,202$73,611

Median home value

$132,800$177,100

Median gross rent

$723$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Faribault County	Roseau County
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.0%
75 and over	10.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Faribault County	Roseau County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.1%
Asian	0.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Faribault County	Roseau County
No high school diploma	8.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	33.4%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Faribault County	Roseau County
Drove alone	77.3%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	5.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.6%	10.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Faribault County	Roseau County
1-unit, detached	87.1%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Faribault County	Roseau County
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1952	1981