Emmons vs Twin Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Emmons and Twin Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emmons has the higher population (320 vs 182 in Twin Lakes). Emmons has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $45,833 in Twin Lakes). Since 2019, Twin Lakes's population has grown faster (+21.3% vs -10.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Emmons	Twin Lakes
Population	320	182
Median age	49.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$45,833
Median home value	$96,700	—
Median gross rent	$740	$588
Housing units	166	88
Homeownership rate	80.5%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmons	Twin Lakes
Population	356 → 320 (-10.1%)	150 → 182 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $57,500 (+12.2%)	$37,813 → $45,833 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $96,700 (+14.6%)	$56,300 → $31,900 (-43.3%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $740 (+25.9%)	$604 → $588 (-2.6%)

Emmons

Population

356320

Median household income

$51,250$57,500

Median home value

$84,400$96,700

Median gross rent

$588$740

Twin Lakes

Population

150182

Median household income

$37,813$45,833

Median home value

$56,300$31,900

Median gross rent

$604$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmons	Twin Lakes
Under 5	2.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	1.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	26.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	6.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	17.8%	8.2%
75 and over	10.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmons	Twin Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	4.7%	16.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmons	Twin Lakes
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmons	Twin Lakes
Drove alone	79.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	12.6%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmons	Twin Lakes
1-unit, detached	94.0%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	53.4%

Poverty & households

	Emmons	Twin Lakes
Poverty rate	16.7%	32.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1954	1972