Eagle Lake vs St. Clair

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

Eagle Lake and St. Clair 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 785 in St. Clair). St. Clair has the higher median household income ($101,375 vs $97,161 in Eagle Lake). Eagle Lake has the higher median home value ($249,600 vs $200,800 in St. Clair).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Lake	St. Clair
Population	3,268	785
Median age	31.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,161	$101,375
Median home value	$249,600	$200,800
Median gross rent	$1,405	—
Housing units	1,208	287
Homeownership rate	66.1%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Lake	St. Clair
Population	3,007 → 3,268 (+8.7%)	762 → 785 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$74,219 → $97,161 (+30.9%)	$64,792 → $101,375 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$184,400 → $249,600 (+35.4%)	$149,100 → $200,800 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,405 (+9.9%)	$633 → $775 (+22.4%)

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

St. Clair

Population

762785

Median household income

$64,792$101,375

Median home value

$149,100$200,800

Median gross rent

$633$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Lake	St. Clair
Under 5	8.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	25.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	20.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	21.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.7%	9.3%
75 and over	3.1%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Lake	St. Clair
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Lake	St. Clair
No high school diploma	3.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	21.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Lake	St. Clair
Drove alone	80.3%	85.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.7%	8.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Lake	St. Clair
1-unit, detached	67.6%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	17.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Lake	St. Clair
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.78	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1996	1971