Excelsior vs Long Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Excelsior and Long Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Excelsior has the higher population (2,359 vs 1,710 in Long Lake). Excelsior has the higher median household income ($108,611 vs $95,972 in Long Lake). Excelsior has the higher median home value ($839,500 vs $391,400 in Long Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior	Long Lake
Population	2,359	1,710
Median age	43.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,611	$95,972
Median home value	$839,500	$391,400
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,613
Housing units	1,417	701
Homeownership rate	48.8%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior	Long Lake
Population	2,434 → 2,359 (-3.1%)	1,789 → 1,710 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $108,611 (+55.2%)	$77,778 → $95,972 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$617,100 → $839,500 (+36.0%)	$289,100 → $391,400 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,125 (+18.5%)	$961 → $1,613 (+67.8%)

Excelsior

Population

2,4342,359

Median household income

$70,000$108,611

Median home value

$617,100$839,500

Median gross rent

$949$1,125

Long Lake

Population

1,7891,710

Median household income

$77,778$95,972

Median home value

$289,100$391,400

Median gross rent

$961$1,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior	Long Lake
Under 5	3.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	21.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.9%
75 and over	7.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior	Long Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior	Long Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	22.5%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	40.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior	Long Lake
Drove alone	73.9%	63.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	21.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior	Long Lake
1-unit, detached	44.9%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	8.3%
20 or more units	17.5%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior	Long Lake
Poverty rate	9.8%	8.0%
Average household size	1.96	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1968	1970