East Gull Lake vs Pillager

A side-by-side comparison of East Gull Lake and Pillager: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Gull Lake has the higher population (1,173 vs 494 in Pillager). East Gull Lake has the higher median household income ($128,548 vs $66,771 in Pillager). East Gull Lake has the higher median home value ($522,000 vs $148,300 in Pillager).

Population, income & housing

	East Gull Lake	Pillager
Population	1,173	494
Median age	47.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$128,548	$66,771
Median home value	$522,000	$148,300
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,011
Housing units	837	206
Homeownership rate	88.6%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Gull Lake	Pillager
Population	995 → 1,173 (+17.9%)	419 → 494 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$86,161 → $128,548 (+49.2%)	$44,018 → $66,771 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$344,400 → $522,000 (+51.6%)	$125,600 → $148,300 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,386 (+29.1%)	$807 → $1,011 (+25.3%)

East Gull Lake

Population

9951,173

Median household income

$86,161$128,548

Median home value

$344,400$522,000

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,386

Pillager

Population

419494

Median household income

$44,018$66,771

Median home value

$125,600$148,300

Median gross rent

$807$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Gull Lake	Pillager
Under 5	2.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	18.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	6.5%
65 to 74	21.2%	7.5%
75 and over	7.4%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Gull Lake	Pillager
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Gull Lake	Pillager
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	17.3%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Gull Lake	Pillager
Drove alone	77.9%	83.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	3.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Gull Lake	Pillager
1-unit, detached	93.0%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	East Gull Lake	Pillager
Poverty rate	3.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1992	1979