Arco vs Lake Benton

A side-by-side comparison of Arco and Lake Benton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Benton has the higher population (698 vs 61 in Arco). Arco has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $52,000 in Lake Benton). Since 2019, Lake Benton's population has grown faster (+4.5% vs -27.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Arco	Lake Benton
Population	61	698
Median age	65.2 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$52,000
Median home value	—	$91,900
Median gross rent	—	$550
Housing units	40	401
Homeownership rate	94.6%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arco	Lake Benton
Population	84 → 61 (-27.4%)	668 → 698 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$46,750 → $60,625 (+29.7%)	$41,250 → $52,000 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$35,600 → $66,700 (+87.4%)	$86,700 → $91,900 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$475 → $550 (+15.8%)

Arco

Population

8461

Median household income

$46,750$60,625

Median home value

$35,600$66,700

Lake Benton

Population

668698

Median household income

$41,250$52,000

Median home value

$86,700$91,900

Median gross rent

$475$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arco	Lake Benton
Under 5	3.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	3.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	1.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	4.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	1.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	1.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	32.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	41.0%	10.9%
75 and over	9.8%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arco	Lake Benton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arco	Lake Benton
No high school diploma	7.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	48.2%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arco	Lake Benton
Drove alone	89.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arco	Lake Benton
1-unit, detached	90.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Arco	Lake Benton
Poverty rate	18.0%	13.3%
Average household size	1.65	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1938	1961