Lake Shore vs Pillager

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

Lake Shore and Pillager 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 494 in Pillager). Lake Shore has the higher median household income ($96,923 vs $66,771 in Pillager). Lake Shore has the higher median home value ($532,500 vs $148,300 in Pillager).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Shore	Pillager
Population	1,117	494
Median age	55.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,923	$66,771
Median home value	$532,500	$148,300
Median gross rent	$982	$1,011
Housing units	1,060	206
Homeownership rate	90.7%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Shore	Pillager
Population	1,019 → 1,117 (+9.6%)	419 → 494 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$90,263 → $96,923 (+7.4%)	$44,018 → $66,771 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$376,000 → $532,500 (+41.6%)	$125,600 → $148,300 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $982 (+25.9%)	$807 → $1,011 (+25.3%)

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

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)

	Lake Shore	Pillager
Under 5	4.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	2.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	18.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	19.2%	6.5%
65 to 74	22.4%	7.5%
75 and over	8.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Shore	Pillager
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	3.1%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Shore	Pillager
No high school diploma	2.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	20.3%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Shore	Pillager
Drove alone	75.1%	83.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	3.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Shore	Pillager
1-unit, detached	86.0%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Shore	Pillager
Poverty rate	6.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1993	1979