Detroit Lakes vs Lake Park

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

Detroit Lakes and Lake Park 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 573 in Lake Park). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $62,123 in Detroit Lakes). Detroit Lakes has the higher median home value ($246,200 vs $160,900 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit Lakes	Lake Park
Population	10,002	573
Median age	41.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,123	$63,250
Median home value	$246,200	$160,900
Median gross rent	$925	$717
Housing units	5,108	251
Homeownership rate	59.6%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit Lakes	Lake Park
Population	9,197 → 10,002 (+8.8%)	732 → 573 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$49,173 → $62,123 (+26.3%)	$44,883 → $63,250 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$190,600 → $246,200 (+29.2%)	$91,700 → $160,900 (+75.5%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $925 (+24.7%)	$645 → $717 (+11.2%)

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

Lake Park

Population

732573

Median household income

$44,883$63,250

Median home value

$91,700$160,900

Median gross rent

$645$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit Lakes	Lake Park
Under 5	6.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	22.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	2.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.9%
75 and over	12.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit Lakes	Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	2.1%
Asian	0.3%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit Lakes	Lake Park
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	24.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit Lakes	Lake Park
Drove alone	75.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	15.7%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.3%
Other means	1.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit Lakes	Lake Park
1-unit, detached	61.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	10.4%
20 or more units	13.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Detroit Lakes	Lake Park
Poverty rate	10.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1978	1966