Fifty Lakes vs Jenkins

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

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

Jenkins has the higher population (472 vs 463 in Fifty Lakes). Fifty Lakes has the higher median household income ($79,773 vs $70,500 in Jenkins). Fifty Lakes has the higher median home value ($401,000 vs $265,900 in Jenkins).

Population, income & housing

	Fifty Lakes	Jenkins
Population	463	472
Median age	65.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,773	$70,500
Median home value	$401,000	$265,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	612	184
Homeownership rate	93.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fifty Lakes	Jenkins
Population	340 → 463 (+36.2%)	417 → 472 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $79,773 (+65.8%)	$47,708 → $70,500 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$288,200 → $401,000 (+39.1%)	$162,500 → $265,900 (+63.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $1,000 (+31.1%)

Fifty Lakes

Population

340463

Median household income

$48,125$79,773

Median home value

$288,200$401,000

Jenkins

Population

417472

Median household income

$47,708$70,500

Median home value

$162,500$265,900

Median gross rent

$763$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fifty Lakes	Jenkins
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	6.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	4.1%	16.7%
35 to 44	3.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	20.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	27.4%	6.1%
75 and over	22.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fifty Lakes	Jenkins
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fifty Lakes	Jenkins
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	27.3%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fifty Lakes	Jenkins
Drove alone	73.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	6.5%
Other means	2.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fifty Lakes	Jenkins
1-unit, detached	93.0%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Fifty Lakes	Jenkins
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1980	1992