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Minnesota·Beltrami County
6 tracts·13K people·$198K median·734/mi²
White 71 · Other 12 · Multiracial 11 · Hispanic 3 · Black 2 · Asian 1
Living alone 40 · Other 32 · Married couple 28
Health 31 · Retail 28 · Professional 12 · Leisure 12 · Public admin 9 · Manufacturing 6 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 32 · Service 26 · Sales · office 22 · Production · transport 11 · Construction · maintenance 8
Drive alone 76 · Carpool 21 · Work from home 6 · Walk 5 · Transit 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Bemidji is $198,300 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Bemidji has 15,569 residents across 4 census tracts and 6 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 30.0; the population is 70.8% White, 12.3% Other, 10.8% Multiracial, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Black and 1.0% Asian; the average household has 2.1 people; 32.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 21.3% (Census ACS).
Lincoln Elementary (66%), Gene Dillon Elementary School (47%) and Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn (23%) lead the elementary schools; Bemidji Middle (47%), Trek North Middle School (25%) and Voyageurs Expeditionary MS (14%) lead the middle schools; Bemidji Senior High (37%), TREKNORTH HIGH SCHOOL (31%) and Voyageurs Expeditionary School (15%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,067/month, 32% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Bemidji is $55,405 a year, 36% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Bemidji, median rent is $1,067/month and the median home value is $198,300 (Census ACS).
Bemidji reported 4.8 violent crimes and 61.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 77°F; winter lows average 2°F; there are 73 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 26 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Bemidji are winter weather (95), cold wave (92) and inland flooding (90), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.03g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Bemidji, 5.2% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).