Cass Lake vs Chickamaw Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Cass Lake and Chickamaw Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cass Lake has the higher population (492 vs 218 in Chickamaw Beach). Chickamaw Beach has the higher median household income ($85,625 vs $47,045 in Cass Lake). Chickamaw Beach has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $109,100 in Cass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cass Lake	Chickamaw Beach
Population	492	218
Median age	34.8 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,045	$85,625
Median home value	$109,100	$275,000
Median gross rent	$730	—
Housing units	260	140
Homeownership rate	27.6%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass Lake	Chickamaw Beach
Population	633 → 492 (-22.3%)	110 → 218 (+98.2%)
Median household income	$22,422 → $47,045 (+109.8%)	$64,375 → $85,625 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $109,100 (+135.1%)	$201,800 → $275,000 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $730 (+49.6%)	—

Cass Lake

Population

633492

Median household income

$22,422$47,045

Median home value

$46,400$109,100

Median gross rent

$488$730

Chickamaw Beach

Population

110218

Median household income

$64,375$85,625

Median home value

$201,800$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass Lake	Chickamaw Beach
Under 5	6.1%	18.8%
5 to 17	31.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	5.5%	2.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.0%
75 and over	9.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass Lake	Chickamaw Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.1%	3.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass Lake	Chickamaw Beach
No high school diploma	18.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	23.7%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass Lake	Chickamaw Beach
Drove alone	57.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	31.1%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	9.1%
Other means	3.7%	13.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass Lake	Chickamaw Beach
1-unit, detached	46.9%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	20.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cass Lake	Chickamaw Beach
Poverty rate	24.5%	4.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	13	26
Median year structure built	1969	1978