Rice Lake vs Shevlin

A side-by-side comparison of Rice Lake and Shevlin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rice Lake has the higher population (232 vs 143 in Shevlin). Shevlin has the higher median household income ($61,786 vs $41,625 in Rice Lake). Shevlin has the higher median home value ($66,700 vs $21,500 in Rice Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Rice Lake	Shevlin
Population	232	143
Median age	33.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,625	$61,786
Median home value	$21,500	$66,700
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	90	70
Homeownership rate	58.0%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rice Lake	Shevlin
Population	284 → 232 (-18.3%)	153 → 143 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$33,250 → $41,625 (+25.2%)	$54,375 → $61,786 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $21,500 (-69.3%)	$55,000 → $66,700 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$400 → $575 (+43.8%)	$738 → $1,361 (+84.4%)

Rice Lake

Population

284232

Median household income

$33,250$41,625

Median home value

$70,000$21,500

Median gross rent

$400$575

Shevlin

Population

153143

Median household income

$54,375$61,786

Median home value

$55,000$66,700

Median gross rent

$738$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rice Lake	Shevlin
Under 5	12.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	24.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	18.9%
45 to 54	3.4%	3.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	17.7%	7.7%
75 and over	1.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rice Lake	Shevlin
White (non-Hispanic)	11.2%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	77.2%	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	11.2%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rice Lake	Shevlin
No high school diploma	14.7%	18.3%
High school graduate	52.2%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rice Lake	Shevlin
Drove alone	67.3%	59.5%
Carpooled	18.2%	24.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rice Lake	Shevlin
1-unit, detached	82.2%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	25.7%

Poverty & households

	Rice Lake	Shevlin
Poverty rate	40.5%	11.9%
Average household size	2.86	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1989	1955