Fridley vs Lino Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Fridley and Lino Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Fridley and Lino Lakes are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fridley has the higher population (29,944 vs 21,847 in Lino Lakes). Lino Lakes has the higher median household income ($121,800 vs $79,274 in Fridley). Lino Lakes has the higher median home value ($385,000 vs $277,100 in Fridley).

Population, income & housing

	Fridley	Lino Lakes
Population	29,944	21,847
Median age	34.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,274	$121,800
Median home value	$277,100	$385,000
Median gross rent	$1,270	$1,744
Housing units	12,565	7,769
Homeownership rate	63.2%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fridley	Lino Lakes
Population	27,668 → 29,944 (+8.2%)	21,404 → 21,847 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$63,836 → $79,274 (+24.2%)	$115,368 → $121,800 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$198,200 → $277,100 (+39.8%)	$293,100 → $385,000 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,270 (+28.9%)	$1,363 → $1,744 (+28.0%)

Fridley

Population

27,66829,944

Median household income

$63,836$79,274

Median home value

$198,200$277,100

Median gross rent

$985$1,270

Lino Lakes

Population

21,40421,847

Median household income

$115,368$121,800

Median home value

$293,100$385,000

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fridley	Lino Lakes
Under 5	7.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	18.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.7%
75 and over	6.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fridley	Lino Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	57.2%	86.2%
Black or African American	20.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.6%
Asian	3.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fridley	Lino Lakes
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fridley	Lino Lakes
Drove alone	70.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.2%
Public transit	2.6%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	20.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fridley	Lino Lakes
1-unit, detached	53.8%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.2%
20 or more units	22.5%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fridley	Lino Lakes
Poverty rate	11.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1968	1993