Kiester vs Minnesota Lake

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

Kiester 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 544 in Kiester). Minnesota Lake has the higher median household income ($62,875 vs $49,167 in Kiester). Minnesota Lake has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $52,600 in Kiester).

Population, income & housing

	Kiester	Minnesota Lake
Population	544	621
Median age	43.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$62,875
Median home value	$52,600	$126,600
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	312	312
Homeownership rate	87.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiester	Minnesota Lake
Population	549 → 544 (-0.9%)	642 → 621 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $49,167 (+1.7%)	$56,875 → $62,875 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$53,200 → $52,600 (-1.1%)	$105,000 → $126,600 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,108 (+19.3%)	$608 → $950 (+56.3%)

Kiester

Population

549544

Median household income

$48,333$49,167

Median home value

$53,200$52,600

Median gross rent

$929$1,108

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)

	Kiester	Minnesota Lake
Under 5	2.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	20.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.1%
75 and over	8.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiester	Minnesota Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	5.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiester	Minnesota Lake
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	46.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiester	Minnesota Lake
Drove alone	63.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	17.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiester	Minnesota Lake
1-unit, detached	85.3%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kiester	Minnesota Lake
Poverty rate	26.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1952	1962