Lilydale vs Sunfish Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Lilydale and Sunfish Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lilydale has the higher population (752 vs 594 in Sunfish Lake). Sunfish Lake has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $93,393 in Lilydale). Sunfish Lake has the higher median home value ($1,109,000 vs $389,300 in Lilydale).

Population, income & housing

	Lilydale	Sunfish Lake
Population	752	594
Median age	73.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,393	$250,001
Median home value	$389,300	$1,109,000
Median gross rent	$2,359	—
Housing units	546	217
Homeownership rate	52.9%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lilydale	Sunfish Lake
Population	917 → 752 (-18.0%)	542 → 594 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$72,054 → $93,393 (+29.6%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$370,700 → $389,300 (+5.0%)	$1,011,700 → $1,109,000 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,998 → $2,359 (+18.1%)	—

Lilydale

Population

917752

Median household income

$72,054$93,393

Median home value

$370,700$389,300

Median gross rent

$1,998$2,359

Sunfish Lake

Population

542594

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,011,700$1,109,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lilydale	Sunfish Lake
Under 5	0.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	3.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	1.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	2.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	5.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	4.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	22.7%	15.7%
75 and over	46.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lilydale	Sunfish Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	88.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lilydale	Sunfish Lake
No high school diploma	0.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	15.8%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	42.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lilydale	Sunfish Lake
Drove alone	71.0%	66.5%
Carpooled	1.5%	2.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	29.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lilydale	Sunfish Lake
1-unit, detached	1.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	78.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lilydale	Sunfish Lake
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.5%
Average household size	1.51	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1984	1984