Kanabec County vs Sibley County

A side-by-side comparison of Kanabec County and Sibley County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kanabec County has the higher population (16,261 vs 14,933 in Sibley County). Sibley County has the higher median household income ($76,082 vs $71,915 in Kanabec County). Kanabec County has the higher median home value ($221,100 vs $215,000 in Sibley County).

Population, income & housing

	Kanabec County	Sibley County
Population	16,261	14,933
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,915	$76,082
Median home value	$221,100	$215,000
Median gross rent	$1,003	$858
Housing units	7,793	6,482
Homeownership rate	83.8%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kanabec County	Sibley County
Population	16,089 → 16,261 (+1.1%)	14,892 → 14,933 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$57,163 → $71,915 (+25.8%)	$63,439 → $76,082 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$163,900 → $221,100 (+34.9%)	$159,200 → $215,000 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $1,003 (+22.9%)	$719 → $858 (+19.3%)

Kanabec County

Population

16,08916,261

Median household income

$57,163$71,915

Median home value

$163,900$221,100

Median gross rent

$816$1,003

Sibley County

Population

14,89214,933

Median household income

$63,439$76,082

Median home value

$159,200$215,000

Median gross rent

$719$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kanabec County	Sibley County
Under 5	5.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.6%
75 and over	8.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kanabec County	Sibley County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kanabec County	Sibley County
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	37.8%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kanabec County	Sibley County
Drove alone	77.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	3.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kanabec County	Sibley County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Kanabec County	Sibley County
Poverty rate	9.8%	9.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1983	1962