Lake Benton vs Tyler

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

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

Tyler has the higher population (1,019 vs 698 in Lake Benton). Tyler has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $52,000 in Lake Benton). Tyler has the higher median home value ($143,300 vs $91,900 in Lake Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Benton	Tyler
Population	698	1,019
Median age	45.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,000	$60,417
Median home value	$91,900	$143,300
Median gross rent	$550	$771
Housing units	401	515
Homeownership rate	77.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Benton	Tyler
Population	668 → 698 (+4.5%)	1,316 → 1,019 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $52,000 (+26.1%)	$44,969 → $60,417 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $91,900 (+6.0%)	$79,200 → $143,300 (+80.9%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $550 (+15.8%)	$644 → $771 (+19.7%)

Lake Benton

Population

668698

Median household income

$41,250$52,000

Median home value

$86,700$91,900

Median gross rent

$475$550

Tyler

Population

1,3161,019

Median household income

$44,969$60,417

Median home value

$79,200$143,300

Median gross rent

$644$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Benton	Tyler
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.0%
75 and over	14.6%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Benton	Tyler
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Benton	Tyler
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	27.0%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Benton	Tyler
Drove alone	76.1%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	3.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Benton	Tyler
1-unit, detached	83.3%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Benton	Tyler
Poverty rate	13.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.08	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1961	1957