Lakefield vs Wilder

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

Lakefield and Wilder 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 17 in Wilder). Lakefield has the higher median home value ($115,900 vs $85,000 in Wilder). Since 2019, Lakefield's population has grown faster (-6.3% vs -54.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakefield	Wilder
Population	1,652	17
Median age	43.9 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,656	—
Median home value	$115,900	$85,000
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	822	14
Homeownership rate	87.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakefield	Wilder
Population	1,763 → 1,652 (-6.3%)	37 → 17 (-54.1%)
Median household income	$51,944 → $62,656 (+20.6%)	$60,781 → $70,417 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $115,900 (+24.6%)	$9,999 → $85,000 (+750.1%)
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

Wilder

Population

3717

Median household income

$60,781$70,417

Median home value

$9,999$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakefield	Wilder
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	5.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	29.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	29.4%
75 and over	15.5%	35.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakefield	Wilder
No high school diploma	9.1%	23.5%
High school graduate	32.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakefield	Wilder
Drove alone	73.0%	83.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	16.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakefield	Wilder
1-unit, detached	89.8%	92.9%
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%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Lakefield	Wilder
Poverty rate	9.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.16	1.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1956	1950