Elbow Lake vs Herman

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

Elbow Lake and Herman 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 428 in Herman). Herman has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $56,786 in Elbow Lake). Elbow Lake has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $102,100 in Herman).

Population, income & housing

	Elbow Lake	Herman
Population	1,158	428
Median age	38.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,786	$72,917
Median home value	$118,900	$102,100
Median gross rent	$746	$545
Housing units	524	263
Homeownership rate	66.8%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elbow Lake	Herman
Population	1,267 → 1,158 (-8.6%)	429 → 428 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$57,746 → $56,786 (-1.7%)	$40,000 → $72,917 (+82.3%)
Median home value	$80,400 → $118,900 (+47.9%)	$77,700 → $102,100 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $746 (-2.9%)	$473 → $545 (+15.2%)

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

Herman

Population

429428

Median household income

$40,000$72,917

Median home value

$77,700$102,100

Median gross rent

$473$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elbow Lake	Herman
Under 5	8.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	20.2%	11.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	17.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	4.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.2%
45 to 54	6.9%	18.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.6%
75 and over	6.7%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elbow Lake	Herman
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elbow Lake	Herman
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	26.4%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elbow Lake	Herman
Drove alone	84.7%	67.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	1.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	26.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elbow Lake	Herman
1-unit, detached	74.4%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Elbow Lake	Herman
Poverty rate	17.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1958	1965