Amboy vs Eagle Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Eagle Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eagle Lake has the higher population (3,268 vs 553 in Amboy). Eagle Lake has the higher median household income ($97,161 vs $78,214 in Amboy). Eagle Lake has the higher median home value ($249,600 vs $125,300 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Eagle Lake
Population	553	3,268
Median age	45.5 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,214	$97,161
Median home value	$125,300	$249,600
Median gross rent	$760	$1,405
Housing units	259	1,208
Homeownership rate	84.0%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Eagle Lake
Population	651 → 553 (-15.1%)	3,007 → 3,268 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $78,214 (+54.5%)	$74,219 → $97,161 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $125,300 (+33.0%)	$184,400 → $249,600 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $760 (+27.7%)	$1,279 → $1,405 (+9.9%)

Amboy

Population

651553

Median household income

$50,625$78,214

Median home value

$94,200$125,300

Median gross rent

$595$760

Eagle Lake

Population

3,0073,268

Median household income

$74,219$97,161

Median home value

$184,400$249,600

Median gross rent

$1,279$1,405

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Eagle Lake
Under 5	5.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	20.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	20.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	4.7%
75 and over	13.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Eagle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Eagle Lake
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Eagle Lake
Drove alone	89.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	1.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Eagle Lake
1-unit, detached	86.1%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Eagle Lake
Poverty rate	11.9%	5.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1938	1996