Ponemah vs Red Lake

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

Ponemah 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 740 in Ponemah). Since 2019, Ponemah's population has grown faster (-0.3% vs -15.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Ponemah	Red Lake
Population	740	1,506
Median age	18.1 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,092
Median home value	—	$136,000
Median gross rent	$475	$426
Housing units	158	512
Homeownership rate	54.7%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	31.4%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponemah	Red Lake
Population	742 → 740 (-0.3%)	1,787 → 1,506 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$30,667 → $74,196 (+141.9%)	$40,250 → $55,092 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $102,700 (+10.4%)	$69,700 → $136,000 (+95.1%)
Median gross rent	$394 → $475 (+20.6%)	$568 → $426 (-25.0%)

Ponemah

Population

742740

Median household income

$30,667$74,196

Median home value

$93,000$102,700

Median gross rent

$394$475

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)

	Ponemah	Red Lake
Under 5	9.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	40.7%	31.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	6.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	2.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	3.7%
75 and over	5.3%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponemah	Red Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	4.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponemah	Red Lake
No high school diploma	21.2%	16.1%
High school graduate	48.4%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponemah	Red Lake
Drove alone	88.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.9%
Public transit	11.7%	7.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponemah	Red Lake
1-unit, detached	89.2%	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	10.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Ponemah	Red Lake
Poverty rate	22.4%	40.9%
Average household size	4.93	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	9
Median year structure built	1982	1988