Audubon vs Detroit Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Audubon and Detroit Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Detroit Lakes has the higher population (10,002 vs 376 in Audubon). Audubon has the higher median household income ($65,982 vs $62,123 in Detroit Lakes). Detroit Lakes has the higher median home value ($246,200 vs $169,200 in Audubon).

Population, income & housing

	Audubon	Detroit Lakes
Population	376	10,002
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,982	$62,123
Median home value	$169,200	$246,200
Median gross rent	$914	$925
Housing units	193	5,108
Homeownership rate	65.5%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Audubon	Detroit Lakes
Population	625 → 376 (-39.8%)	9,197 → 10,002 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$53,906 → $65,982 (+22.4%)	$49,173 → $62,123 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $169,200 (+37.3%)	$190,600 → $246,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $914 (+35.4%)	$742 → $925 (+24.7%)

Audubon

Population

625376

Median household income

$53,906$65,982

Median home value

$123,200$169,200

Median gross rent

$675$914

Detroit Lakes

Population

9,19710,002

Median household income

$49,173$62,123

Median home value

$190,600$246,200

Median gross rent

$742$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Audubon	Detroit Lakes
Under 5	2.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	18.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.1%
75 and over	10.6%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Audubon	Detroit Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Audubon	Detroit Lakes
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	31.0%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	51.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Audubon	Detroit Lakes
Drove alone	86.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	2.3%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Audubon	Detroit Lakes
1-unit, detached	57.0%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	15.1%
20 or more units	3.6%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Audubon	Detroit Lakes
Poverty rate	18.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1972	1978