Akeley vs Park Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Akeley and Park Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Park Rapids has the higher population (4,226 vs 323 in Akeley). Park Rapids has the higher median household income ($45,800 vs $43,750 in Akeley). Park Rapids has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $105,600 in Akeley).

Population, income & housing

	Akeley	Park Rapids
Population	323	4,226
Median age	54.3 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$45,800
Median home value	$105,600	$218,500
Median gross rent	$930	$912
Housing units	182	2,098
Homeownership rate	92.6%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akeley	Park Rapids
Population	394 → 323 (-18.0%)	4,054 → 4,226 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $43,750 (+6.1%)	$34,973 → $45,800 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $105,600 (+41.7%)	$144,900 → $218,500 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $930 (+23.0%)	$572 → $912 (+59.4%)

Akeley

Population

394323

Median household income

$41,250$43,750

Median home value

$74,500$105,600

Median gross rent

$756$930

Park Rapids

Population

4,0544,226

Median household income

$34,973$45,800

Median home value

$144,900$218,500

Median gross rent

$572$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akeley	Park Rapids
Under 5	3.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	4.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	20.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	14.4%
75 and over	11.5%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akeley	Park Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akeley	Park Rapids
No high school diploma	9.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akeley	Park Rapids
Drove alone	76.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	8.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akeley	Park Rapids
1-unit, detached	83.0%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.7%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Akeley	Park Rapids
Poverty rate	22.0%	13.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1981	1981