Fish Lake vs Heron Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Fish Lake and Heron Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Heron Lake has the higher population (591 vs 57 in Fish Lake). Fish Lake has the higher median household income ($94,375 vs $66,607 in Heron Lake). Fish Lake has the higher median home value ($383,300 vs $86,200 in Heron Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fish Lake	Heron Lake
Population	57	591
Median age	46.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$94,375	$66,607
Median home value	$383,300	$86,200
Median gross rent	—	$681
Housing units	75	295
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fish Lake	Heron Lake
Population	55 → 57 (+3.6%)	750 → 591 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$76,875 → $94,375 (+22.8%)	$57,500 → $66,607 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$315,000 → $383,300 (+21.7%)	$73,900 → $86,200 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $681 (+9.0%)

Fish Lake

Population

5557

Median household income

$76,875$94,375

Median home value

$315,000$383,300

Heron Lake

Population

750591

Median household income

$57,500$66,607

Median home value

$73,900$86,200

Median gross rent

$625$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fish Lake	Heron Lake
Under 5	5.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	22.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.4%
55 to 64	19.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	19.3%	11.8%
75 and over	7.0%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fish Lake	Heron Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fish Lake	Heron Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	20.0%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fish Lake	Heron Lake
Drove alone	79.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	13.8%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fish Lake	Heron Lake
1-unit, detached	94.7%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Fish Lake	Heron Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1967	1948