Elbow Lake vs Pine Point

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

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

Pine Point has the higher population (275 vs 78 in Elbow Lake). Pine Point has the higher median household income ($40,000 vs $30,000 in Elbow Lake). Elbow Lake has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $76,700 in Pine Point).

Population, income & housing

	Elbow Lake	Pine Point
Population	78	275
Median age	40.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$40,000
Median home value	$120,800	$76,700
Median gross rent	$600	$544
Housing units	66	110
Homeownership rate	60.0%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	21.7%	18.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elbow Lake	Pine Point
Population	79 → 78 (-1.3%)	373 → 275 (-26.3%)
Median household income	$25,417 → $30,000 (+18.0%)	$26,477 → $40,000 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $120,800 (-12.1%)	$107,200 → $76,700 (-28.5%)
Median gross rent	$417 → $600 (+43.9%)	$450 → $544 (+20.9%)

Elbow Lake

Population

7978

Median household income

$25,417$30,000

Median home value

$137,500$120,800

Median gross rent

$417$600

Pine Point

Population

373275

Median household income

$26,477$40,000

Median home value

$107,200$76,700

Median gross rent

$450$544

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elbow Lake	Pine Point
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	24.4%	32.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	6.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	7.7%	5.8%
65 to 74	19.2%	16.4%
75 and over	12.8%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elbow Lake	Pine Point
White (non-Hispanic)	14.1%	4.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	48.7%	56.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	34.6%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elbow Lake	Pine Point
No high school diploma	37.7%	15.3%
High school graduate	32.1%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elbow Lake	Pine Point
Drove alone	61.1%	70.0%
Carpooled	22.2%	12.0%
Public transit	16.7%	8.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elbow Lake	Pine Point
1-unit, detached	98.5%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Elbow Lake	Pine Point
Poverty rate	38.5%	41.5%
Average household size	2.60	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1976	1988