Cass Lake vs Pine River

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

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

Pine River has the higher population (928 vs 492 in Cass Lake). Cass Lake has the higher median household income ($47,045 vs $39,858 in Pine River). Pine River has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $109,100 in Cass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cass Lake	Pine River
Population	492	928
Median age	34.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,045	$39,858
Median home value	$109,100	$133,300
Median gross rent	$730	$793
Housing units	260	466
Homeownership rate	27.6%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass Lake	Pine River
Population	633 → 492 (-22.3%)	911 → 928 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$22,422 → $47,045 (+109.8%)	$31,990 → $39,858 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $109,100 (+135.1%)	$96,700 → $133,300 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $730 (+49.6%)	$655 → $793 (+21.1%)

Cass Lake

Population

633492

Median household income

$22,422$47,045

Median home value

$46,400$109,100

Median gross rent

$488$730

Pine River

Population

911928

Median household income

$31,990$39,858

Median home value

$96,700$133,300

Median gross rent

$655$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass Lake	Pine River
Under 5	6.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	31.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	13.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	5.5%	6.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.7%
75 and over	9.6%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass Lake	Pine River
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.1%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.9%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass Lake	Pine River
No high school diploma	18.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	23.7%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass Lake	Pine River
Drove alone	57.0%	59.2%
Carpooled	31.1%	25.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	3.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.5%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass Lake	Pine River
1-unit, detached	46.9%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	18.7%
20 or more units	20.8%	19.5%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Cass Lake	Pine River
Poverty rate	24.5%	23.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1969	1975