Spring Park vs Tonka Bay

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

Spring Park and Tonka Bay 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 1,361 in Tonka Bay). Tonka Bay has the higher median household income ($151,563 vs $46,860 in Spring Park). Tonka Bay has the higher median home value ($869,900 vs $598,400 in Spring Park).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Park	Tonka Bay
Population	1,869	1,361
Median age	58.2 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,860	$151,563
Median home value	$598,400	$869,900
Median gross rent	$1,223	$2,299
Housing units	1,318	619
Homeownership rate	22.3%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Park	Tonka Bay
Population	1,906 → 1,869 (-1.9%)	1,570 → 1,361 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$50,678 → $46,860 (-7.5%)	$133,000 → $151,563 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$425,000 → $598,400 (+40.8%)	$661,400 → $869,900 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,223 (+13.8%)	$1,667 → $2,299 (+37.9%)

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

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)

	Spring Park	Tonka Bay
Under 5	0.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	4.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	3.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	25.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	22.0%
75 and over	24.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Park	Tonka Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	91.3%
Black or African American	7.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Park	Tonka Bay
No high school diploma	5.6%	0.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	41.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Park	Tonka Bay
Drove alone	85.9%	58.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.4%	2.4%
Walked	2.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	34.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Park	Tonka Bay
1-unit, detached	18.1%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	71.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spring Park	Tonka Bay
Poverty rate	7.6%	3.2%
Average household size	1.42	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1977	1980