Karlstad vs Lake Bronson

A side-by-side comparison of Karlstad and Lake Bronson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Karlstad has the higher population (622 vs 175 in Lake Bronson). Karlstad has the higher median household income ($61,324 vs $46,250 in Lake Bronson). Karlstad has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $42,900 in Lake Bronson).

Population, income & housing

	Karlstad	Lake Bronson
Population	622	175
Median age	49.7 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,324	$46,250
Median home value	$120,300	$42,900
Median gross rent	$650	$647
Housing units	350	149
Homeownership rate	69.6%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karlstad	Lake Bronson
Population	795 → 622 (-21.8%)	167 → 175 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $61,324 (+28.0%)	$38,281 → $46,250 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $120,300 (+48.0%)	$34,400 → $42,900 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $650 (+16.5%)	$425 → $647 (+52.2%)

Karlstad

Population

795622

Median household income

$47,917$61,324

Median home value

$81,300$120,300

Median gross rent

$558$650

Lake Bronson

Population

167175

Median household income

$38,281$46,250

Median home value

$34,400$42,900

Median gross rent

$425$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karlstad	Lake Bronson
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	4.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	28.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	6.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	5.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	8.0%
55 to 64	7.9%	18.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	13.7%
75 and over	16.2%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karlstad	Lake Bronson
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karlstad	Lake Bronson
No high school diploma	1.3%	15.3%
High school graduate	40.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karlstad	Lake Bronson
Drove alone	65.6%	88.0%
Carpooled	15.6%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karlstad	Lake Bronson
1-unit, detached	68.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	25.5%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Karlstad	Lake Bronson
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.4%
Average household size	2.07	1.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1966	1972