Calumet vs Squaw Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Calumet and Squaw Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calumet has the higher population (219 vs 133 in Squaw Lake). Squaw Lake has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $40,833 in Calumet). Squaw Lake has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $102,600 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet	Squaw Lake
Population	219	133
Median age	57.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$61,875
Median home value	$102,600	$200,000
Median gross rent	$645	$538
Housing units	150	64
Homeownership rate	74.6%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet	Squaw Lake
Population	413 → 219 (-47.0%)	95 → 133 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$38,281 → $40,833 (+6.7%)	$28,750 → $61,875 (+115.2%)
Median home value	$66,600 → $102,600 (+54.1%)	$165,600 → $200,000 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $645 (-6.8%)	$763 → $538 (-29.5%)

Calumet

Population

413219

Median household income

$38,281$40,833

Median home value

$66,600$102,600

Median gross rent

$692$645

Squaw Lake

Population

95133

Median household income

$28,750$61,875

Median home value

$165,600$200,000

Median gross rent

$763$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet	Squaw Lake
Under 5	1.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	16.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	3.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.8%
65 to 74	32.9%	5.3%
75 and over	5.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet	Squaw Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	32.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.6%	60.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet	Squaw Lake
No high school diploma	10.6%	19.8%
High school graduate	35.6%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet	Squaw Lake
Drove alone	88.5%	43.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	13.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	11.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet	Squaw Lake
1-unit, detached	73.3%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Calumet	Squaw Lake
Poverty rate	20.1%	22.6%
Average household size	1.80	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1954	1973