Ogema vs Wolf Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Ogema and Wolf Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ogema has the higher population (233 vs 104 in Wolf Lake). Wolf Lake has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $51,875 in Ogema). Wolf Lake has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $82,500 in Ogema).

Population, income & housing

	Ogema	Wolf Lake
Population	233	104
Median age	28.2 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$66,250
Median home value	$82,500	$137,500
Median gross rent	—	$873
Housing units	80	37
Homeownership rate	61.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogema	Wolf Lake
Population	214 → 233 (+8.9%)	31 → 104 (+235.5%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $51,875 (+18.6%)	$61,875 → $66,250 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $82,500 (+15.1%)	$130,700 → $137,500 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $525 (+21.2%)	$730 → $873 (+19.6%)

Ogema

Population

214233

Median household income

$43,750$51,875

Median home value

$71,700$82,500

Median gross rent

$433$525

Wolf Lake

Population

31104

Median household income

$61,875$66,250

Median home value

$130,700$137,500

Median gross rent

$730$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ogema	Wolf Lake
Under 5	7.3%	10.6%
5 to 17	27.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	36.5%
25 to 34	17.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	6.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	1.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	4.8%
75 and over	0.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogema	Wolf Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	35.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogema	Wolf Lake
No high school diploma	16.3%	15.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogema	Wolf Lake
Drove alone	59.6%	72.6%
Carpooled	21.2%	3.2%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	17.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogema	Wolf Lake
1-unit, detached	58.8%	35.1%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	45.9%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Ogema	Wolf Lake
Poverty rate	34.3%	9.4%
Average household size	3.03	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1990	1995