Fish Lake vs Lakefield

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

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

Lakefield has the higher population (1,652 vs 57 in Fish Lake). Fish Lake has the higher median household income ($94,375 vs $62,656 in Lakefield). Fish Lake has the higher median home value ($383,300 vs $115,900 in Lakefield).

Population, income & housing

	Fish Lake	Lakefield
Population	57	1,652
Median age	46.6 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,375	$62,656
Median home value	$383,300	$115,900
Median gross rent	—	$867
Housing units	75	822
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fish Lake	Lakefield
Population	55 → 57 (+3.6%)	1,763 → 1,652 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$76,875 → $94,375 (+22.8%)	$51,944 → $62,656 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$315,000 → $383,300 (+21.7%)	$93,000 → $115,900 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$774 → $867 (+12.0%)

Fish Lake

Population

5557

Median household income

$76,875$94,375

Median home value

$315,000$383,300

Lakefield

Population

1,7631,652

Median household income

$51,944$62,656

Median home value

$93,000$115,900

Median gross rent

$774$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fish Lake	Lakefield
Under 5	5.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	22.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	19.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	19.3%	12.5%
75 and over	7.0%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fish Lake	Lakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fish Lake	Lakefield
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	20.0%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fish Lake	Lakefield
Drove alone	79.3%	73.0%
Carpooled	13.8%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	6.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fish Lake	Lakefield
1-unit, detached	94.7%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fish Lake	Lakefield
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1967	1956