Cass Lake vs Lake Shore

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

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

Lake Shore has the higher population (1,117 vs 492 in Cass Lake). Lake Shore has the higher median household income ($96,923 vs $47,045 in Cass Lake). Lake Shore has the higher median home value ($532,500 vs $109,100 in Cass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cass Lake	Lake Shore
Population	492	1,117
Median age	34.8 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,045	$96,923
Median home value	$109,100	$532,500
Median gross rent	$730	$982
Housing units	260	1,060
Homeownership rate	27.6%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass Lake	Lake Shore
Population	633 → 492 (-22.3%)	1,019 → 1,117 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$22,422 → $47,045 (+109.8%)	$90,263 → $96,923 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $109,100 (+135.1%)	$376,000 → $532,500 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $730 (+49.6%)	$780 → $982 (+25.9%)

Cass Lake

Population

633492

Median household income

$22,422$47,045

Median home value

$46,400$109,100

Median gross rent

$488$730

Lake Shore

Population

1,0191,117

Median household income

$90,263$96,923

Median home value

$376,000$532,500

Median gross rent

$780$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass Lake	Lake Shore
Under 5	6.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	31.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	5.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	19.2%
65 to 74	15.0%	22.4%
75 and over	9.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass Lake	Lake Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.1%	0.2%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass Lake	Lake Shore
No high school diploma	18.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	23.7%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass Lake	Lake Shore
Drove alone	57.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	31.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	16.2%
Other means	3.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass Lake	Lake Shore
1-unit, detached	46.9%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	20.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Cass Lake	Lake Shore
Poverty rate	24.5%	6.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	13	22
Median year structure built	1969	1993