Ashby vs Elbow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Ashby and Elbow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elbow Lake has the higher population (1,158 vs 411 in Ashby). Elbow Lake has the higher median household income ($56,786 vs $55,250 in Ashby). Ashby has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $118,900 in Elbow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Ashby	Elbow Lake
Population	411	1,158
Median age	41.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,250	$56,786
Median home value	$125,000	$118,900
Median gross rent	$815	$746
Housing units	210	524
Homeownership rate	67.0%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashby	Elbow Lake
Population	474 → 411 (-13.3%)	1,267 → 1,158 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$46,429 → $55,250 (+19.0%)	$57,746 → $56,786 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $125,000 (+22.5%)	$80,400 → $118,900 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $815 (+7.7%)	$768 → $746 (-2.9%)

Ashby

Population

474411

Median household income

$46,429$55,250

Median home value

$102,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$757$815

Elbow Lake

Population

1,2671,158

Median household income

$57,746$56,786

Median home value

$80,400$118,900

Median gross rent

$768$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashby	Elbow Lake
Under 5	3.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	6.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.9%
75 and over	14.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashby	Elbow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashby	Elbow Lake
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	34.9%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashby	Elbow Lake
Drove alone	67.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.2%
Walked	10.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	4.3%
Other means	3.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashby	Elbow Lake
1-unit, detached	72.4%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashby	Elbow Lake
Poverty rate	14.4%	17.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1954	1958