Cuyuna vs Fifty Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Cuyuna and Fifty Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Cuyuna and Fifty Lakes are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fifty Lakes has the higher population (463 vs 272 in Cuyuna). Fifty Lakes has the higher median household income ($79,773 vs $78,281 in Cuyuna). Fifty Lakes has the higher median home value ($401,000 vs $250,000 in Cuyuna).

Population, income & housing

	Cuyuna	Fifty Lakes
Population	272	463
Median age	52.9 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,281	$79,773
Median home value	$250,000	$401,000
Housing units	195	612
Homeownership rate	94.7%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuyuna	Fifty Lakes
Population	271 → 272 (+0.4%)	340 → 463 (+36.2%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $78,281 (+77.2%)	$48,125 → $79,773 (+65.8%)
Median home value	$175,500 → $250,000 (+42.5%)	$288,200 → $401,000 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $875 (+10.1%)	—

Cuyuna

Population

271272

Median household income

$44,167$78,281

Median home value

$175,500$250,000

Median gross rent

$795$875

Fifty Lakes

Population

340463

Median household income

$48,125$79,773

Median home value

$288,200$401,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cuyuna	Fifty Lakes
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	6.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	4.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	3.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	19.5%	20.5%
65 to 74	17.3%	27.4%
75 and over	8.8%	22.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuyuna	Fifty Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuyuna	Fifty Lakes
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	22.5%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuyuna	Fifty Lakes
Drove alone	74.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuyuna	Fifty Lakes
1-unit, detached	87.7%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Cuyuna	Fifty Lakes
Poverty rate	13.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.08	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1995	1980