Eagle Lake vs Mapleton

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

Eagle Lake and Mapleton 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 1,745 in Mapleton). Eagle Lake has the higher median household income ($97,161 vs $82,031 in Mapleton). Eagle Lake has the higher median home value ($249,600 vs $176,400 in Mapleton).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
Population	3,268	1,745
Median age	31.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,161	$82,031
Median home value	$249,600	$176,400
Median gross rent	$1,405	$772
Housing units	1,208	669
Homeownership rate	66.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
Population	3,007 → 3,268 (+8.7%)	1,716 → 1,745 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$74,219 → $97,161 (+30.9%)	$61,793 → $82,031 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$184,400 → $249,600 (+35.4%)	$124,300 → $176,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,405 (+9.9%)	$664 → $772 (+16.3%)

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

Mapleton

Population

1,7161,745

Median household income

$61,793$82,031

Median home value

$124,300$176,400

Median gross rent

$664$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
Under 5	8.4%	9.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	21.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	20.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	4.7%	9.2%
75 and over	3.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
No high school diploma	3.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
Drove alone	80.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	13.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
1-unit, detached	67.6%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	17.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
Poverty rate	5.9%	13.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1996	1956