Blue Earth vs Minnesota Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Earth and Minnesota Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Earth has the higher population (3,170 vs 621 in Minnesota Lake). Minnesota Lake has the higher median household income ($62,875 vs $59,118 in Blue Earth). Minnesota Lake has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $125,200 in Blue Earth).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Earth	Minnesota Lake
Population	3,170	621
Median age	45.0 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,118	$62,875
Median home value	$125,200	$126,600
Median gross rent	$916	$950
Housing units	1,497	312
Homeownership rate	65.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Earth	Minnesota Lake
Population	3,138 → 3,170 (+1.0%)	642 → 621 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $59,118 (+27.8%)	$56,875 → $62,875 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $125,200 (+51.4%)	$105,000 → $126,600 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $916 (+63.0%)	$608 → $950 (+56.3%)

Blue Earth

Population

3,1383,170

Median household income

$46,250$59,118

Median home value

$82,700$125,200

Median gross rent

$562$916

Minnesota Lake

Population

642621

Median household income

$56,875$62,875

Median home value

$105,000$126,600

Median gross rent

$608$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Earth	Minnesota Lake
Under 5	5.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.1%
75 and over	13.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Earth	Minnesota Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	96.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Earth	Minnesota Lake
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	32.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Earth	Minnesota Lake
Drove alone	73.4%	85.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Earth	Minnesota Lake
1-unit, detached	74.3%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Earth	Minnesota Lake
Poverty rate	13.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	11	34
Median year structure built	1953	1962