Long Lake vs Spring Park

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

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

Spring Park has the higher population (1,869 vs 1,710 in Long Lake). Long Lake has the higher median household income ($95,972 vs $46,860 in Spring Park). Spring Park has the higher median home value ($598,400 vs $391,400 in Long Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Long Lake	Spring Park
Population	1,710	1,869
Median age	41.9 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,972	$46,860
Median home value	$391,400	$598,400
Median gross rent	$1,613	$1,223
Housing units	701	1,318
Homeownership rate	69.0%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Lake	Spring Park
Population	1,789 → 1,710 (-4.4%)	1,906 → 1,869 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$77,778 → $95,972 (+23.4%)	$50,678 → $46,860 (-7.5%)
Median home value	$289,100 → $391,400 (+35.4%)	$425,000 → $598,400 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,613 (+67.8%)	$1,075 → $1,223 (+13.8%)

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

Spring Park

Population

1,9061,869

Median household income

$50,678$46,860

Median home value

$425,000$598,400

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Lake	Spring Park
Under 5	5.6%	0.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	4.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	18.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	14.9%
75 and over	6.0%	24.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Lake	Spring Park
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	85.5%
Black or African American	3.9%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.7%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Lake	Spring Park
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Lake	Spring Park
Drove alone	63.9%	85.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	4.4%
Public transit	1.8%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	5.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Lake	Spring Park
1-unit, detached	73.6%	18.1%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	71.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Lake	Spring Park
Poverty rate	8.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.51	1.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1970	1977