Bricelyn vs Minnesota Lake

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

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

Minnesota Lake has the higher population (621 vs 385 in Bricelyn). Minnesota Lake has the higher median household income ($62,875 vs $52,500 in Bricelyn). Minnesota Lake has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $49,500 in Bricelyn).

Population, income & housing

	Bricelyn	Minnesota Lake
Population	385	621
Median age	50.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$62,875
Median home value	$49,500	$126,600
Median gross rent	$575	$950
Housing units	204	312
Homeownership rate	72.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bricelyn	Minnesota Lake
Population	283 → 385 (+36.0%)	642 → 621 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$35,313 → $52,500 (+48.7%)	$56,875 → $62,875 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$41,400 → $49,500 (+19.6%)	$105,000 → $126,600 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $575 (+12.1%)	$608 → $950 (+56.3%)

Bricelyn

Population

283385

Median household income

$35,313$52,500

Median home value

$41,400$49,500

Median gross rent

$513$575

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)

	Bricelyn	Minnesota Lake
Under 5	2.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	23.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.1%
75 and over	7.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bricelyn	Minnesota Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	96.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bricelyn	Minnesota Lake
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bricelyn	Minnesota Lake
Drove alone	77.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bricelyn	Minnesota Lake
1-unit, detached	89.7%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bricelyn	Minnesota Lake
Poverty rate	10.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1944	1962