Ham Lake vs Lino Lakes

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

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

Lino Lakes has the higher population (21,847 vs 16,575 in Ham Lake). Lino Lakes has the higher median household income ($121,800 vs $116,845 in Ham Lake). Ham Lake has the higher median home value ($430,100 vs $385,000 in Lino Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Ham Lake	Lino Lakes
Population	16,575	21,847
Median age	42.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$116,845	$121,800
Median home value	$430,100	$385,000
Median gross rent	$1,319	$1,744
Housing units	6,024	7,769
Homeownership rate	95.2%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ham Lake	Lino Lakes
Population	16,434 → 16,575 (+0.9%)	21,404 → 21,847 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$103,655 → $116,845 (+12.7%)	$115,368 → $121,800 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$306,700 → $430,100 (+40.2%)	$293,100 → $385,000 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,089 → $1,319 (+21.1%)	$1,363 → $1,744 (+28.0%)

Ham Lake

Population

16,43416,575

Median household income

$103,655$116,845

Median home value

$306,700$430,100

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,319

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)

	Ham Lake	Lino Lakes
Under 5	6.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	18.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.7%
75 and over	4.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ham Lake	Lino Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	3.6%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ham Lake	Lino Lakes
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	25.6%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ham Lake	Lino Lakes
Drove alone	80.2%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	3.2%
Public transit	0.5%	1.6%
Walked	0.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	20.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ham Lake	Lino Lakes
1-unit, detached	84.3%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Ham Lake	Lino Lakes
Poverty rate	4.1%	2.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1993	1993