Callaway vs Elbow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Callaway and Elbow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Callaway has the higher population (197 vs 78 in Elbow Lake). Callaway has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $30,000 in Elbow Lake). Elbow Lake has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $83,300 in Callaway).

Population, income & housing

	Callaway	Elbow Lake
Population	197	78
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$30,000
Median home value	$83,300	$120,800
Median gross rent	$792	$600
Housing units	85	66
Homeownership rate	80.0%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	21.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Callaway	Elbow Lake
Population	165 → 197 (+19.4%)	79 → 78 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $55,000 (+20.5%)	$25,417 → $30,000 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $83,300 (+11.1%)	$137,500 → $120,800 (-12.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $792 (+15.1%)	$417 → $600 (+43.9%)

Callaway

Population

165197

Median household income

$45,625$55,000

Median home value

$75,000$83,300

Median gross rent

$688$792

Elbow Lake

Population

7978

Median household income

$25,417$30,000

Median home value

$137,500$120,800

Median gross rent

$417$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Callaway	Elbow Lake
Under 5	2.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	24.4%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	20.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	6.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	7.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	19.2%
75 and over	3.0%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Callaway	Elbow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	14.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	21.8%	48.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	34.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Callaway	Elbow Lake
No high school diploma	11.8%	37.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Callaway	Elbow Lake
Drove alone	67.6%	61.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	16.7%
Walked	17.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Callaway	Elbow Lake
1-unit, detached	84.7%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Callaway	Elbow Lake
Poverty rate	8.1%	38.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1962	1976