Effie vs Squaw Lake

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

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

Squaw Lake has the higher population (133 vs 80 in Effie). Effie has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $61,875 in Squaw Lake). Squaw Lake has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $127,500 in Effie).

Population, income & housing

	Effie	Squaw Lake
Population	80	133
Median age	48.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$61,875
Median home value	$127,500	$200,000
Median gross rent	—	$538
Housing units	58	64
Homeownership rate	64.3%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Effie	Squaw Lake
Population	87 → 80 (-8.0%)	95 → 133 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$70,500 → $63,125 (-10.5%)	$28,750 → $61,875 (+115.2%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $127,500 (+50.0%)	$165,600 → $200,000 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $538 (-29.5%)

Effie

Population

8780

Median household income

$70,500$63,125

Median home value

$85,000$127,500

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)

	Effie	Squaw Lake
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	10.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	6.8%
35 to 44	3.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	28.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	18.8%
65 to 74	18.8%	5.3%
75 and over	7.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Effie	Squaw Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	32.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	17.5%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Effie	Squaw Lake
No high school diploma	9.1%	19.8%
High school graduate	57.6%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Effie	Squaw Lake
Drove alone	61.5%	43.2%
Carpooled	38.5%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	13.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	11.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Effie	Squaw Lake
1-unit, detached	75.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Effie	Squaw Lake
Poverty rate	3.8%	22.6%
Average household size	1.90	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	42
Median year structure built	1964	1973