Mountain Lake vs Windom

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

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

Windom has the higher population (4,786 vs 1,833 in Mountain Lake). Windom has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $59,115 in Mountain Lake). Windom has the higher median home value ($158,000 vs $118,900 in Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Lake	Windom
Population	1,833	4,786
Median age	33.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,115	$67,813
Median home value	$118,900	$158,000
Median gross rent	$833	$773
Housing units	758	2,198
Homeownership rate	73.5%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Lake	Windom
Population	2,092 → 1,833 (-12.4%)	4,428 → 4,786 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$40,054 → $59,115 (+47.6%)	$44,991 → $67,813 (+50.7%)
Median home value	$75,100 → $118,900 (+58.3%)	$97,000 → $158,000 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $833 (+18.7%)	$666 → $773 (+16.1%)

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

Windom

Population

4,4284,786

Median household income

$44,991$67,813

Median home value

$97,000$158,000

Median gross rent

$666$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Lake	Windom
Under 5	6.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	25.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.3%
75 and over	7.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Lake	Windom
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	77.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Lake	Windom
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Lake	Windom
Drove alone	68.3%	76.9%
Carpooled	14.8%	11.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.5%	6.6%
Other means	1.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Lake	Windom
1-unit, detached	81.5%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Lake	Windom
Poverty rate	17.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	13	12
Median year structure built	1965	1965