Elmore vs Minnesota Lake

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

Elmore 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 442 in Elmore). Minnesota Lake has the higher median household income ($62,875 vs $40,938 in Elmore). Minnesota Lake has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $45,800 in Elmore).

Population, income & housing

	Elmore	Minnesota Lake
Population	442	621
Median age	40.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,938	$62,875
Median home value	$45,800	$126,600
Median gross rent	$907	$950
Housing units	256	312
Homeownership rate	67.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmore	Minnesota Lake
Population	480 → 442 (-7.9%)	642 → 621 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $40,938 (+7.4%)	$56,875 → $62,875 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$36,600 → $45,800 (+25.1%)	$105,000 → $126,600 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $907 (+84.3%)	$608 → $950 (+56.3%)

Elmore

Population

480442

Median household income

$38,125$40,938

Median home value

$36,600$45,800

Median gross rent

$492$907

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)

	Elmore	Minnesota Lake
Under 5	6.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	15.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	8.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.1%
75 and over	12.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmore	Minnesota Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmore	Minnesota Lake
No high school diploma	19.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmore	Minnesota Lake
Drove alone	87.4%	85.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmore	Minnesota Lake
1-unit, detached	90.6%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmore	Minnesota Lake
Poverty rate	27.4%	12.1%
Average household size	1.85	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1956	1962