Cass Lake vs East Gull Lake

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

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

East Gull Lake has the higher population (1,173 vs 492 in Cass Lake). East Gull Lake has the higher median household income ($128,548 vs $47,045 in Cass Lake). East Gull Lake has the higher median home value ($522,000 vs $109,100 in Cass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cass Lake	East Gull Lake
Population	492	1,173
Median age	34.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,045	$128,548
Median home value	$109,100	$522,000
Median gross rent	$730	$1,386
Housing units	260	837
Homeownership rate	27.6%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass Lake	East Gull Lake
Population	633 → 492 (-22.3%)	995 → 1,173 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$22,422 → $47,045 (+109.8%)	$86,161 → $128,548 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $109,100 (+135.1%)	$344,400 → $522,000 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $730 (+49.6%)	$1,074 → $1,386 (+29.1%)

Cass Lake

Population

633492

Median household income

$22,422$47,045

Median home value

$46,400$109,100

Median gross rent

$488$730

East Gull Lake

Population

9951,173

Median household income

$86,161$128,548

Median home value

$344,400$522,000

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,386

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass Lake	East Gull Lake
Under 5	6.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	31.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	5.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	21.2%
75 and over	9.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass Lake	East Gull Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.1%	0.0%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass Lake	East Gull Lake
No high school diploma	18.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	23.7%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass Lake	East Gull Lake
Drove alone	57.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	31.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.8%
Other means	3.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass Lake	East Gull Lake
1-unit, detached	46.9%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	20.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cass Lake	East Gull Lake
Poverty rate	24.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1969	1992