Nisswa vs Pequot Lakes

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

Nisswa 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 1,744 in Nisswa). Nisswa has the higher median household income ($100,167 vs $66,974 in Pequot Lakes). Nisswa has the higher median home value ($475,700 vs $246,400 in Pequot Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Nisswa	Pequot Lakes
Population	1,744	2,236
Median age	55.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,167	$66,974
Median home value	$475,700	$246,400
Median gross rent	$820	$792
Housing units	1,468	1,324
Homeownership rate	96.5%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nisswa	Pequot Lakes
Population	1,817 → 1,744 (-4.0%)	2,179 → 2,236 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$67,000 → $100,167 (+49.5%)	$54,583 → $66,974 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$249,800 → $475,700 (+90.4%)	$164,000 → $246,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $820 (-17.2%)	$672 → $792 (+17.9%)

Nisswa

Population

1,8171,744

Median household income

$67,000$100,167

Median home value

$249,800$475,700

Median gross rent

$990$820

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)

	Nisswa	Pequot Lakes
Under 5	3.2%	8.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	4.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	23.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	15.3%
75 and over	13.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nisswa	Pequot Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nisswa	Pequot Lakes
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	17.0%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nisswa	Pequot Lakes
Drove alone	71.7%	69.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	17.5%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nisswa	Pequot Lakes
1-unit, detached	94.0%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Nisswa	Pequot Lakes
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1986	1993