Cass Lake vs Hackensack

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

Cass Lake and Hackensack 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 302 in Hackensack). Cass Lake has the higher median household income ($47,045 vs $32,109 in Hackensack). Hackensack has the higher median home value ($159,400 vs $109,100 in Cass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cass Lake	Hackensack
Population	492	302
Median age	34.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,045	$32,109
Median home value	$109,100	$159,400
Median gross rent	$730	$756
Housing units	260	220
Homeownership rate	27.6%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass Lake	Hackensack
Population	633 → 492 (-22.3%)	290 → 302 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$22,422 → $47,045 (+109.8%)	$25,662 → $32,109 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $109,100 (+135.1%)	$108,000 → $159,400 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $730 (+49.6%)	$656 → $756 (+15.2%)

Cass Lake

Population

633492

Median household income

$22,422$47,045

Median home value

$46,400$109,100

Median gross rent

$488$730

Hackensack

Population

290302

Median household income

$25,662$32,109

Median home value

$108,000$159,400

Median gross rent

$656$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass Lake	Hackensack
Under 5	6.1%	0.7%
5 to 17	31.3%	9.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	16.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	5.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	19.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.9%
75 and over	9.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass Lake	Hackensack
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.1%	5.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.5%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass Lake	Hackensack
No high school diploma	18.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.7%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass Lake	Hackensack
Drove alone	57.0%	49.1%
Carpooled	31.1%	23.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	11.7%
Other means	3.7%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass Lake	Hackensack
1-unit, detached	46.9%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	13.6%
20 or more units	20.8%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cass Lake	Hackensack
Poverty rate	24.5%	17.9%
Average household size	2.33	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	13	19
Median year structure built	1969	1978