Fish Lake vs Okabena

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

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

Okabena has the higher population (200 vs 57 in Fish Lake). Okabena has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $94,375 in Fish Lake). Fish Lake has the higher median home value ($383,300 vs $99,300 in Okabena).

Population, income & housing

	Fish Lake	Okabena
Population	57	200
Median age	46.6 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$94,375	$98,750
Median home value	$383,300	$99,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,083
Housing units	75	89
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fish Lake	Okabena
Population	55 → 57 (+3.6%)	240 → 200 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$76,875 → $94,375 (+22.8%)	$48,750 → $98,750 (+102.6%)
Median home value	$315,000 → $383,300 (+21.7%)	$73,300 → $99,300 (+35.5%)

Fish Lake

Population

5557

Median household income

$76,875$94,375

Median home value

$315,000$383,300

Okabena

Population

240200

Median household income

$48,750$98,750

Median home value

$73,300$99,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fish Lake	Okabena
Under 5	5.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	22.8%	5.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	21.5%
55 to 64	19.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	19.3%	14.0%
75 and over	7.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fish Lake	Okabena
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fish Lake	Okabena
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	20.0%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	21.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fish Lake	Okabena
Drove alone	79.3%	54.2%
Carpooled	13.8%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	17.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fish Lake	Okabena
1-unit, detached	94.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fish Lake	Okabena
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1967	1954