Inger vs Squaw Lake

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

Inger 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 77 in Inger). Squaw Lake has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $24,625 in Inger). Since 2019, Squaw Lake's population has grown faster (+40.0% vs -60.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Inger	Squaw Lake
Population	77	133
Median age	29.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$24,625	$61,875
Median home value	—	$200,000
Median gross rent	—	$538
Housing units	49	64
Homeownership rate	40.0%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	57.1%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inger	Squaw Lake
Population	193 → 77 (-60.1%)	95 → 133 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$46,458 → $24,625 (-47.0%)	$28,750 → $61,875 (+115.2%)
Median home value	—	$165,600 → $200,000 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $629 (-26.0%)	$763 → $538 (-29.5%)

Inger

Population

19377

Median household income

$46,458$24,625

Median gross rent

$850$629

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)

	Inger	Squaw Lake
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	24.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	18.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	18.2%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	5.3%
75 and over	5.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inger	Squaw Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	32.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	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	0.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inger	Squaw Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	19.8%
High school graduate	75.0%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inger	Squaw Lake
Drove alone	52.4%	43.2%
Carpooled	47.6%	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)

	Inger	Squaw Lake
1-unit, detached	36.7%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.1%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Inger	Squaw Lake
Poverty rate	75.3%	22.6%
Average household size	3.08	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	42
Median year structure built	1980	1973