Lakefield vs Okabena

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

Lakefield and Okabena 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 200 in Okabena). Okabena has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $62,656 in Lakefield). Lakefield has the higher median home value ($115,900 vs $99,300 in Okabena).

Population, income & housing

	Lakefield	Okabena
Population	1,652	200
Median age	43.9 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,656	$98,750
Median home value	$115,900	$99,300
Median gross rent	$867	$1,083
Housing units	822	89
Homeownership rate	87.9%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakefield	Okabena
Population	1,763 → 1,652 (-6.3%)	240 → 200 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$51,944 → $62,656 (+20.6%)	$48,750 → $98,750 (+102.6%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $115,900 (+24.6%)	$73,300 → $99,300 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $867 (+12.0%)	—

Lakefield

Population

1,7631,652

Median household income

$51,944$62,656

Median home value

$93,000$115,900

Median gross rent

$774$867

Okabena

Population

240200

Median household income

$48,750$98,750

Median home value

$73,300$99,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakefield	Okabena
Under 5	3.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	5.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	21.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	18.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.0%
75 and over	15.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakefield	Okabena
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakefield	Okabena
No high school diploma	9.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	32.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	21.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakefield	Okabena
Drove alone	73.0%	54.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	14.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	17.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	12.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakefield	Okabena
1-unit, detached	89.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakefield	Okabena
Poverty rate	9.8%	9.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1956	1954