Detroit Lakes vs Frazee

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

Detroit Lakes and Frazee 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 1,595 in Frazee). Detroit Lakes has the higher median household income ($62,123 vs $49,000 in Frazee). Detroit Lakes has the higher median home value ($246,200 vs $166,800 in Frazee).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit Lakes	Frazee
Population	10,002	1,595
Median age	41.5 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,123	$49,000
Median home value	$246,200	$166,800
Median gross rent	$925	$848
Housing units	5,108	654
Homeownership rate	59.6%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit Lakes	Frazee
Population	9,197 → 10,002 (+8.8%)	1,341 → 1,595 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$49,173 → $62,123 (+26.3%)	$49,375 → $49,000 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$190,600 → $246,200 (+29.2%)	$115,000 → $166,800 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $925 (+24.7%)	$704 → $848 (+20.5%)

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

Frazee

Population

1,3411,595

Median household income

$49,375$49,000

Median home value

$115,000$166,800

Median gross rent

$704$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit Lakes	Frazee
Under 5	6.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	22.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	6.0%
75 and over	12.6%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit Lakes	Frazee
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	72.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	5.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit Lakes	Frazee
No high school diploma	6.5%	14.9%
High school graduate	24.8%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit Lakes	Frazee
Drove alone	75.5%	65.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	16.7%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	9.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit Lakes	Frazee
1-unit, detached	61.4%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	13.4%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Detroit Lakes	Frazee
Poverty rate	10.2%	22.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1978	1974