Fountain vs Lanesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain and Lanesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lanesboro has the higher population (804 vs 490 in Fountain). Lanesboro has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $72,750 in Fountain). Lanesboro has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $177,100 in Fountain).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain	Lanesboro
Population	490	804
Median age	40.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$80,000
Median home value	$177,100	$186,900
Median gross rent	$575	$532
Housing units	214	467
Homeownership rate	86.5%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain	Lanesboro
Population	345 → 490 (+42.0%)	673 → 804 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$69,750 → $72,750 (+4.3%)	$57,500 → $80,000 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $177,100 (+36.3%)	$140,100 → $186,900 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $575 (-7.3%)	$525 → $532 (+1.3%)

Fountain

Population

345490

Median household income

$69,750$72,750

Median home value

$129,900$177,100

Median gross rent

$620$575

Lanesboro

Population

673804

Median household income

$57,500$80,000

Median home value

$140,100$186,900

Median gross rent

$525$532

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain	Lanesboro
Under 5	3.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	21.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	18.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	17.3%
75 and over	5.7%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain	Lanesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain	Lanesboro
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	31.0%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain	Lanesboro
Drove alone	72.8%	68.5%
Carpooled	16.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	1.6%	14.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain	Lanesboro
1-unit, detached	82.7%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fountain	Lanesboro
Poverty rate	5.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1945	1940