Long Lake vs Tonka Bay

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

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

Long Lake has the higher population (1,710 vs 1,361 in Tonka Bay). Tonka Bay has the higher median household income ($151,563 vs $95,972 in Long Lake). Tonka Bay has the higher median home value ($869,900 vs $391,400 in Long Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Long Lake	Tonka Bay
Population	1,710	1,361
Median age	41.9 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,972	$151,563
Median home value	$391,400	$869,900
Median gross rent	$1,613	$2,299
Housing units	701	619
Homeownership rate	69.0%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Lake	Tonka Bay
Population	1,789 → 1,710 (-4.4%)	1,570 → 1,361 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$77,778 → $95,972 (+23.4%)	$133,000 → $151,563 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$289,100 → $391,400 (+35.4%)	$661,400 → $869,900 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,613 (+67.8%)	$1,667 → $2,299 (+37.9%)

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

Tonka Bay

Population

1,5701,361

Median household income

$133,000$151,563

Median home value

$661,400$869,900

Median gross rent

$1,667$2,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Lake	Tonka Bay
Under 5	5.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	3.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	25.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	22.0%
75 and over	6.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Lake	Tonka Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Lake	Tonka Bay
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	41.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Lake	Tonka Bay
Drove alone	63.9%	58.7%
Carpooled	11.5%	3.0%
Public transit	1.8%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	34.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Lake	Tonka Bay
1-unit, detached	73.6%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Lake	Tonka Bay
Poverty rate	8.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1970	1980