Chisago City vs Lindstrom

A side-by-side comparison of Chisago City and Lindstrom: population, income, housing, and more.

Chisago City and Lindstrom are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chisago City has the higher population (5,629 vs 4,933 in Lindstrom). Lindstrom has the higher median household income ($99,844 vs $96,964 in Chisago City). Chisago City has the higher median home value ($366,600 vs $336,800 in Lindstrom).

Population, income & housing

	Chisago City	Lindstrom
Population	5,629	4,933
Median age	42.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,964	$99,844
Median home value	$366,600	$336,800
Median gross rent	$1,163	$954
Housing units	2,511	1,873
Homeownership rate	70.7%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisago City	Lindstrom
Population	5,090 → 5,629 (+10.6%)	4,614 → 4,933 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$84,620 → $96,964 (+14.6%)	$83,750 → $99,844 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$261,400 → $366,600 (+40.2%)	$211,400 → $336,800 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,163 (+6.6%)	$817 → $954 (+16.8%)

Chisago City

Population

5,0905,629

Median household income

$84,620$96,964

Median home value

$261,400$366,600

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,163

Lindstrom

Population

4,6144,933

Median household income

$83,750$99,844

Median home value

$211,400$336,800

Median gross rent

$817$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisago City	Lindstrom
Under 5	5.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	8.6%
75 and over	12.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisago City	Lindstrom
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisago City	Lindstrom
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisago City	Lindstrom
Drove alone	68.5%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	13.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisago City	Lindstrom
1-unit, detached	65.7%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	11.5%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Chisago City	Lindstrom
Poverty rate	5.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1989	1993