Mountain Lake vs Westbrook

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

Mountain Lake and Westbrook 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 831 in Westbrook). Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($59,115 vs $36,667 in Westbrook). Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $73,000 in Westbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Lake	Westbrook
Population	1,833	831
Median age	33.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,115	$36,667
Median home value	$118,900	$73,000
Median gross rent	$833	$621
Housing units	758	420
Homeownership rate	73.5%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Lake	Westbrook
Population	2,092 → 1,833 (-12.4%)	790 → 831 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$40,054 → $59,115 (+47.6%)	$40,563 → $36,667 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$75,100 → $118,900 (+58.3%)	$58,000 → $73,000 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $833 (+18.7%)	$486 → $621 (+27.8%)

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

Westbrook

Population

790831

Median household income

$40,563$36,667

Median home value

$58,000$73,000

Median gross rent

$486$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Lake	Westbrook
Under 5	6.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	25.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	15.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	6.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.4%
75 and over	7.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Lake	Westbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.7%
Asian	13.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Lake	Westbrook
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Lake	Westbrook
Drove alone	68.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	14.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	8.2%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	5.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Lake	Westbrook
1-unit, detached	81.5%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Lake	Westbrook
Poverty rate	17.4%	21.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1965	1957