Cloquet vs Moose Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Cloquet and Moose Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cloquet has the higher population (12,582 vs 3,297 in Moose Lake). Cloquet has the higher median household income ($63,854 vs $61,576 in Moose Lake). Moose Lake has the higher median home value ($205,000 vs $200,100 in Cloquet).

Population, income & housing

	Cloquet	Moose Lake
Population	12,582	3,297
Median age	36.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,854	$61,576
Median home value	$200,100	$205,000
Median gross rent	$978	$901
Housing units	5,672	624
Homeownership rate	64.7%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloquet	Moose Lake
Population	12,005 → 12,582 (+4.8%)	2,812 → 3,297 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$54,065 → $63,854 (+18.1%)	$39,779 → $61,576 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$142,700 → $200,100 (+40.2%)	$122,900 → $205,000 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $978 (+28.5%)	$699 → $901 (+28.9%)

Cloquet

Population

12,00512,582

Median household income

$54,065$63,854

Median home value

$142,700$200,100

Median gross rent

$761$978

Moose Lake

Population

2,8123,297

Median household income

$39,779$61,576

Median home value

$122,900$205,000

Median gross rent

$699$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cloquet	Moose Lake
Under 5	5.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	4.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	23.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.2%
75 and over	8.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloquet	Moose Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.8%	0.8%
Asian	0.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloquet	Moose Lake
No high school diploma	9.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloquet	Moose Lake
Drove alone	80.8%	58.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	15.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	23.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloquet	Moose Lake
1-unit, detached	71.4%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	6.4%
20 or more units	8.2%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Cloquet	Moose Lake
Poverty rate	13.4%	45.3%
Average household size	2.30	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1962	1967