Little Rock vs Red Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Little Rock and Red Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Red Lake has the higher population (1,506 vs 1,075 in Little Rock). Red Lake has the higher median household income ($55,092 vs $51,719 in Little Rock). Red Lake has the higher median home value ($136,000 vs $34,100 in Little Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Little Rock	Red Lake
Population	1,075	1,506
Median age	23.9 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,719	$55,092
Median home value	$34,100	$136,000
Median gross rent	$499	$426
Housing units	320	512
Homeownership rate	77.8%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Rock	Red Lake
Population	1,170 → 1,075 (-8.1%)	1,787 → 1,506 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $51,719 (+23.5%)	$40,250 → $55,092 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $34,100 (-45.9%)	$69,700 → $136,000 (+95.1%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $499 (+1.2%)	$568 → $426 (-25.0%)

Little Rock

Population

1,1701,075

Median household income

$41,875$51,719

Median home value

$63,000$34,100

Median gross rent

$493$499

Red Lake

Population

1,7871,506

Median household income

$40,250$55,092

Median home value

$69,700$136,000

Median gross rent

$568$426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Rock	Red Lake
Under 5	14.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	20.5%	31.9%
18 to 24	15.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	3.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	3.7%
75 and over	1.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Rock	Red Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	0.8%	4.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.8%	94.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Rock	Red Lake
No high school diploma	23.1%	16.1%
High school graduate	26.5%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Rock	Red Lake
Drove alone	60.8%	80.4%
Carpooled	25.1%	7.9%
Public transit	5.6%	7.9%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Rock	Red Lake
1-unit, detached	70.0%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Little Rock	Red Lake
Poverty rate	32.8%	40.9%
Average household size	3.56	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	16	9
Median year structure built	1988	1988