Squaw Lake vs Warba

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

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

Warba has the higher population (164 vs 133 in Squaw Lake). Squaw Lake has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $48,542 in Warba). Squaw Lake has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $105,400 in Warba).

Population, income & housing

	Squaw Lake	Warba
Population	133	164
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$48,542
Median home value	$200,000	$105,400
Median gross rent	$538	$1,050
Housing units	64	67
Homeownership rate	55.3%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Squaw Lake	Warba
Population	95 → 133 (+40.0%)	184 → 164 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $61,875 (+115.2%)	$40,250 → $48,542 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$165,600 → $200,000 (+20.8%)	$95,000 → $105,400 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $538 (-29.5%)	$581 → $1,050 (+80.7%)

Squaw Lake

Population

95133

Median household income

$28,750$61,875

Median home value

$165,600$200,000

Median gross rent

$763$538

Warba

Population

184164

Median household income

$40,250$48,542

Median home value

$95,000$105,400

Median gross rent

$581$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Squaw Lake	Warba
Under 5	6.8%	12.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	1.8%
25 to 34	6.8%	16.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	5.5%
55 to 64	18.8%	20.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	17.1%
75 and over	8.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Squaw Lake	Warba
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	74.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	60.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Squaw Lake	Warba
No high school diploma	19.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	26.7%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Squaw Lake	Warba
Drove alone	43.2%	76.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	20.6%
Public transit	13.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	0.0%
Other means	11.4%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Squaw Lake	Warba
1-unit, detached	82.8%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	28.4%

Poverty & households

	Squaw Lake	Warba
Poverty rate	22.6%	21.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	42	38
Median year structure built	1973	1974