Emily vs Pequot Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Emily and Pequot Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pequot Lakes has the higher population (2,236 vs 659 in Emily). Emily has the higher median household income ($73,563 vs $66,974 in Pequot Lakes). Emily has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $246,400 in Pequot Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Emily	Pequot Lakes
Population	659	2,236
Median age	62.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,563	$66,974
Median home value	$344,700	$246,400
Median gross rent	—	$792
Housing units	1,012	1,324
Homeownership rate	98.4%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emily	Pequot Lakes
Population	593 → 659 (+11.1%)	2,179 → 2,236 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$41,000 → $73,563 (+79.4%)	$54,583 → $66,974 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$264,400 → $344,700 (+30.4%)	$164,000 → $246,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,375 (+27.0%)	$672 → $792 (+17.9%)

Emily

Population

593659

Median household income

$41,000$73,563

Median home value

$264,400$344,700

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,375

Pequot Lakes

Population

2,1792,236

Median household income

$54,583$66,974

Median home value

$164,000$246,400

Median gross rent

$672$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emily	Pequot Lakes
Under 5	3.3%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	4.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	3.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	23.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	28.7%	15.3%
75 and over	13.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emily	Pequot Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emily	Pequot Lakes
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	22.1%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emily	Pequot Lakes
Drove alone	62.4%	69.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.2%	17.5%
Other means	4.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emily	Pequot Lakes
1-unit, detached	98.1%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Emily	Pequot Lakes
Poverty rate	12.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1984	1993