Lake Shore vs Walker

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

Lake Shore and Walker 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 858 in Walker). Lake Shore has the higher median household income ($96,923 vs $35,847 in Walker). Lake Shore has the higher median home value ($532,500 vs $240,200 in Walker).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Shore	Walker
Population	1,117	858
Median age	55.1 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$96,923	$35,847
Median home value	$532,500	$240,200
Median gross rent	$982	$519
Housing units	1,060	609
Homeownership rate	90.7%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Shore	Walker
Population	1,019 → 1,117 (+9.6%)	938 → 858 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$90,263 → $96,923 (+7.4%)	$42,500 → $35,847 (-15.7%)
Median home value	$376,000 → $532,500 (+41.6%)	$157,700 → $240,200 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $982 (+25.9%)	$770 → $519 (-32.6%)

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

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)

	Lake Shore	Walker
Under 5	4.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	8.7%
18 to 24	2.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	7.3%	5.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	19.2%	19.7%
65 to 74	22.4%	7.8%
75 and over	8.5%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Shore	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	14.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Shore	Walker
No high school diploma	2.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	20.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Shore	Walker
Drove alone	75.1%	58.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.6%	26.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	0.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Shore	Walker
1-unit, detached	86.0%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	14.3%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Shore	Walker
Poverty rate	6.5%	27.8%
Average household size	2.26	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1993	1987