Elbow Lake vs Hoffman

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

Elbow Lake and Hoffman 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 708 in Hoffman). Elbow Lake has the higher median household income ($56,786 vs $47,000 in Hoffman). Hoffman has the higher median home value ($127,700 vs $118,900 in Elbow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Elbow Lake	Hoffman
Population	1,158	708
Median age	38.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,786	$47,000
Median home value	$118,900	$127,700
Median gross rent	$746	$750
Housing units	524	343
Homeownership rate	66.8%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elbow Lake	Hoffman
Population	1,267 → 1,158 (-8.6%)	608 → 708 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$57,746 → $56,786 (-1.7%)	$41,875 → $47,000 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$80,400 → $118,900 (+47.9%)	$92,500 → $127,700 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $746 (-2.9%)	$613 → $750 (+22.3%)

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

Hoffman

Population

608708

Median household income

$41,875$47,000

Median home value

$92,500$127,700

Median gross rent

$613$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elbow Lake	Hoffman
Under 5	8.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	22.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	6.8%
75 and over	6.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elbow Lake	Hoffman
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.0%
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%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elbow Lake	Hoffman
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elbow Lake	Hoffman
Drove alone	84.7%	77.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.9%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elbow Lake	Hoffman
1-unit, detached	74.4%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elbow Lake	Hoffman
Poverty rate	17.6%	21.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1958	1963