Squaw Lake vs Zemple

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

Squaw Lake and Zemple 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 72 in Zemple). Zemple has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $61,875 in Squaw Lake). Squaw Lake has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $50,000 in Zemple).

Population, income & housing

	Squaw Lake	Zemple
Population	133	72
Median age	42.1 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$82,500
Median home value	$200,000	$50,000
Median gross rent	$538	—
Housing units	64	34
Homeownership rate	55.3%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Squaw Lake	Zemple
Population	95 → 133 (+40.0%)	114 → 72 (-36.8%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $61,875 (+115.2%)	$41,875 → $82,500 (+97.0%)
Median home value	$165,600 → $200,000 (+20.8%)	$31,300 → $50,000 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $538 (-29.5%)	—

Squaw Lake

Population

95133

Median household income

$28,750$61,875

Median home value

$165,600$200,000

Median gross rent

$763$538

Zemple

Population

11472

Median household income

$41,875$82,500

Median home value

$31,300$50,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Squaw Lake	Zemple
Under 5	6.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	11.1%
25 to 34	6.8%	1.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	4.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	18.8%	5.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	43.1%
75 and over	8.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Squaw Lake	Zemple
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	75.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	60.9%	2.8%
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%	22.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Squaw Lake	Zemple
No high school diploma	19.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Squaw Lake	Zemple
Drove alone	43.2%	90.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	7.5%
Public transit	13.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	2.5%
Other means	11.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Squaw Lake	Zemple
1-unit, detached	82.8%	29.4%
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%	70.6%

Poverty & households

	Squaw Lake	Zemple
Poverty rate	22.6%	16.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	42	17
Median year structure built	1973	1982