Mountain Lake vs Storden

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

Mountain Lake and Storden 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 289 in Storden). Storden has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $59,115 in Mountain Lake). Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $77,000 in Storden).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Lake	Storden
Population	1,833	289
Median age	33.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,115	$85,000
Median home value	$118,900	$77,000
Median gross rent	$833	$967
Housing units	758	123
Homeownership rate	73.5%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Lake	Storden
Population	2,092 → 1,833 (-12.4%)	302 → 289 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$40,054 → $59,115 (+47.6%)	$43,958 → $85,000 (+93.4%)
Median home value	$75,100 → $118,900 (+58.3%)	$48,800 → $77,000 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $833 (+18.7%)	$579 → $967 (+67.0%)

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

Storden

Population

302289

Median household income

$43,958$85,000

Median home value

$48,800$77,000

Median gross rent

$579$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Lake	Storden
Under 5	6.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	25.8%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	7.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	19.7%
75 and over	7.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Lake	Storden
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.7%
Asian	13.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Lake	Storden
No high school diploma	10.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	32.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Lake	Storden
Drove alone	68.3%	72.8%
Carpooled	14.8%	12.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	12.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Lake	Storden
1-unit, detached	81.5%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Lake	Storden
Poverty rate	17.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1965	1952