Karlstad vs Lancaster

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

Karlstad and Lancaster 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 344 in Lancaster). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $61,324 in Karlstad). Karlstad has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $118,200 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Karlstad	Lancaster
Population	622	344
Median age	49.7 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,324	$65,313
Median home value	$120,300	$118,200
Median gross rent	$650	$680
Housing units	350	191
Homeownership rate	69.6%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karlstad	Lancaster
Population	795 → 622 (-21.8%)	385 → 344 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $61,324 (+28.0%)	$60,893 → $65,313 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $120,300 (+48.0%)	$86,100 → $118,200 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $650 (+16.5%)	$532 → $680 (+27.8%)

Karlstad

Population

795622

Median household income

$47,917$61,324

Median home value

$81,300$120,300

Median gross rent

$558$650

Lancaster

Population

385344

Median household income

$60,893$65,313

Median home value

$86,100$118,200

Median gross rent

$532$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karlstad	Lancaster
Under 5	5.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.2%	6.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	7.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.1%	16.3%
75 and over	16.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karlstad	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karlstad	Lancaster
No high school diploma	1.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	40.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karlstad	Lancaster
Drove alone	65.6%	67.9%
Carpooled	15.6%	19.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karlstad	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	68.6%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	11.5%
20 or more units	9.4%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Karlstad	Lancaster
Poverty rate	11.8%	2.3%
Average household size	2.07	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1966	1958