What is the population of Eveleth city?

Eveleth city has 3,470 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #196 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Eveleth city?

Median household income in Eveleth city is $47,721 a year, 39.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Eveleth city?

Median gross rent is $839 a month and the median home value is $91,800, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.

Is Eveleth city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eveleth city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Eveleth, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Eveleth, Minnesota (Eveleth, MN — Census place “Eveleth city”) is 3,470 residents, ranking #196 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $47,721, the median home is worth $91,800 and median gross rent runs $839 a month. Looking for the Eveleth Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Eveleth, MN: 55734.

Population: 3,470Eveleth city residents
Median household income: $47,721Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $91,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $839Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.4%Owner-occupied households

Eveleth ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Eveleth.

The Eveleth MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

55734

What the numbers mean in Eveleth city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Eveleth city median would spend about 21.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19% of residents and 68.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Eveleth city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Eveleth city is a small town in Minnesota, with 3,470 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #196 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 39.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Eveleth city earn a median of $47,721 a year, 39.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 37% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 19% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Eveleth city is valued at $91,800, 69.7% below the national figure and 62% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $839 a month, 40.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,068 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 68.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Eveleth city?: Eveleth city has 3,470 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #196 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Eveleth city?: Median household income in Eveleth city is $47,721 a year, 39.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Eveleth city?: Median gross rent is $839 a month and the median home value is $91,800, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.
Is Eveleth city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eveleth city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Eveleth city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.