Jeffers vs Mountain Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Jeffers and Mountain Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain Lake has the higher population (1,833 vs 355 in Jeffers). Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($59,115 vs $47,955 in Jeffers). Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $85,200 in Jeffers).

Population, income & housing

	Jeffers	Mountain Lake
Population	355	1,833
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,955	$59,115
Median home value	$85,200	$118,900
Median gross rent	$675	$833
Housing units	168	758
Homeownership rate	91.5%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jeffers	Mountain Lake
Population	358 → 355 (-0.8%)	2,092 → 1,833 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$43,214 → $47,955 (+11.0%)	$40,054 → $59,115 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$52,000 → $85,200 (+63.8%)	$75,100 → $118,900 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $675 (+19.5%)	$702 → $833 (+18.7%)

Jeffers

Population

358355

Median household income

$43,214$47,955

Median home value

$52,000$85,200

Median gross rent

$565$675

Mountain Lake

Population

2,0921,833

Median household income

$40,054$59,115

Median home value

$75,100$118,900

Median gross rent

$702$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jeffers	Mountain Lake
Under 5	7.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	25.9%	25.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	6.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.9%
75 and over	5.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jeffers	Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	4.2%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jeffers	Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	17.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jeffers	Mountain Lake
Drove alone	80.0%	68.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	11.5%
Other means	3.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jeffers	Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	96.4%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jeffers	Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	37.5%	17.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	32	13
Median year structure built	1949	1965