Cass Lake vs Walker

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

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

Walker has the higher population (858 vs 492 in Cass Lake). Cass Lake has the higher median household income ($47,045 vs $35,847 in Walker). Walker has the higher median home value ($240,200 vs $109,100 in Cass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cass Lake	Walker
Population	492	858
Median age	34.8 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,045	$35,847
Median home value	$109,100	$240,200
Median gross rent	$730	$519
Housing units	260	609
Homeownership rate	27.6%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass Lake	Walker
Population	633 → 492 (-22.3%)	938 → 858 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$22,422 → $47,045 (+109.8%)	$42,500 → $35,847 (-15.7%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $109,100 (+135.1%)	$157,700 → $240,200 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $730 (+49.6%)	$770 → $519 (-32.6%)

Cass Lake

Population

633492

Median household income

$22,422$47,045

Median home value

$46,400$109,100

Median gross rent

$488$730

Walker

Population

938858

Median household income

$42,500$35,847

Median home value

$157,700$240,200

Median gross rent

$770$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass Lake	Walker
Under 5	6.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	31.3%	8.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	5.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.8%
75 and over	9.6%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass Lake	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.1%	14.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass Lake	Walker
No high school diploma	18.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	23.7%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass Lake	Walker
Drove alone	57.0%	58.1%
Carpooled	31.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	3.0%	26.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.8%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass Lake	Walker
1-unit, detached	46.9%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	12.2%
20 or more units	20.8%	14.3%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cass Lake	Walker
Poverty rate	24.5%	27.8%
Average household size	2.33	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1969	1987