Nowthen vs Spring Lake Park

A side-by-side comparison of Nowthen and Spring Lake Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spring Lake Park has the higher population (6,997 vs 4,539 in Nowthen). Nowthen has the higher median household income ($134,491 vs $77,112 in Spring Lake Park). Nowthen has the higher median home value ($440,200 vs $281,800 in Spring Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Nowthen	Spring Lake Park
Population	4,539	6,997
Median age	40.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$134,491	$77,112
Median home value	$440,200	$281,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,375
Housing units	1,487	2,656
Homeownership rate	97.5%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nowthen	Spring Lake Park
Population	4,682 → 4,539 (-3.1%)	6,535 → 6,997 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$107,688 → $134,491 (+24.9%)	$62,477 → $77,112 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$329,600 → $440,200 (+33.6%)	$190,400 → $281,800 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,607 → $1,474 (-8.3%)	$1,061 → $1,375 (+29.6%)

Nowthen

Population

4,6824,539

Median household income

$107,688$134,491

Median home value

$329,600$440,200

Median gross rent

$1,607$1,474

Spring Lake Park

Population

6,5356,997

Median household income

$62,477$77,112

Median home value

$190,400$281,800

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nowthen	Spring Lake Park
Under 5	4.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	23.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	6.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	17.3%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.4%
75 and over	3.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nowthen	Spring Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	61.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nowthen	Spring Lake Park
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	25.1%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nowthen	Spring Lake Park
Drove alone	66.2%	68.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	12.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.3%	15.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nowthen	Spring Lake Park
1-unit, detached	96.8%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Nowthen	Spring Lake Park
Poverty rate	3.6%	14.3%
Average household size	3.12	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1995	1973