Lake Bronson vs Lancaster

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

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

Lancaster has the higher population (344 vs 175 in Lake Bronson). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $46,250 in Lake Bronson). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $42,900 in Lake Bronson).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Bronson	Lancaster
Population	175	344
Median age	50.4 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$65,313
Median home value	$42,900	$118,200
Median gross rent	$647	$680
Housing units	149	191
Homeownership rate	63.1%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	19.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Bronson	Lancaster
Population	167 → 175 (+4.8%)	385 → 344 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$38,281 → $46,250 (+20.8%)	$60,893 → $65,313 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$34,400 → $42,900 (+24.7%)	$86,100 → $118,200 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $647 (+52.2%)	$532 → $680 (+27.8%)

Lake Bronson

Population

167175

Median household income

$38,281$46,250

Median home value

$34,400$42,900

Median gross rent

$425$647

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)

	Lake Bronson	Lancaster
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	4.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	28.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	5.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	16.3%
75 and over	15.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Bronson	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Bronson	Lancaster
No high school diploma	15.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Bronson	Lancaster
Drove alone	88.0%	67.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	19.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	9.6%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Bronson	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	67.8%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.5%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Bronson	Lancaster
Poverty rate	10.4%	2.3%
Average household size	1.56	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1972	1958