Moose Lake vs Scanlon

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

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

Moose Lake has the higher population (3,297 vs 1,087 in Scanlon). Scanlon has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $61,576 in Moose Lake). Scanlon has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $205,000 in Moose Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Moose Lake	Scanlon
Population	3,297	1,087
Median age	44.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,576	$75,833
Median home value	$205,000	$221,500
Median gross rent	$901	$1,550
Housing units	624	479
Homeownership rate	57.2%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moose Lake	Scanlon
Population	2,812 → 3,297 (+17.2%)	1,181 → 1,087 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$39,779 → $61,576 (+54.8%)	$67,560 → $75,833 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $205,000 (+66.8%)	$149,300 → $221,500 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $901 (+28.9%)	$1,224 → $1,550 (+26.6%)

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

Scanlon

Population

1,1811,087

Median household income

$67,560$75,833

Median home value

$149,300$221,500

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moose Lake	Scanlon
Under 5	2.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	4.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	23.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.0%
75 and over	9.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moose Lake	Scanlon
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	79.5%
Black or African American	16.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.7%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.4%	14.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moose Lake	Scanlon
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	48.7%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moose Lake	Scanlon
Drove alone	58.9%	87.7%
Carpooled	15.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moose Lake	Scanlon
1-unit, detached	52.4%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.8%
20 or more units	17.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moose Lake	Scanlon
Poverty rate	45.3%	5.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1967	1959