Cass Lake vs Remer

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

Cass Lake and Remer 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 348 in Remer). Cass Lake has the higher median household income ($47,045 vs $42,750 in Remer). Remer has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $109,100 in Cass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cass Lake	Remer
Population	492	348
Median age	34.8 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,045	$42,750
Median home value	$109,100	$146,300
Median gross rent	$730	$686
Housing units	260	219
Homeownership rate	27.6%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass Lake	Remer
Population	633 → 492 (-22.3%)	354 → 348 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$22,422 → $47,045 (+109.8%)	$25,893 → $42,750 (+65.1%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $109,100 (+135.1%)	$71,400 → $146,300 (+104.9%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $730 (+49.6%)	$584 → $686 (+17.5%)

Cass Lake

Population

633492

Median household income

$22,422$47,045

Median home value

$46,400$109,100

Median gross rent

$488$730

Remer

Population

354348

Median household income

$25,893$42,750

Median home value

$71,400$146,300

Median gross rent

$584$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass Lake	Remer
Under 5	6.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	31.3%	9.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	5.5%	17.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.9%
75 and over	9.6%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass Lake	Remer
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.1%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass Lake	Remer
No high school diploma	18.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	23.7%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass Lake	Remer
Drove alone	57.0%	62.2%
Carpooled	31.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.1%
Other means	3.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass Lake	Remer
1-unit, detached	46.9%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	14.6%
20 or more units	20.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cass Lake	Remer
Poverty rate	24.5%	24.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	13	14
Median year structure built	1969	1973