Balaton vs Lynd

A side-by-side comparison of Balaton and Lynd: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lynd has the higher population (570 vs 544 in Balaton). Lynd has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $54,091 in Balaton). Lynd has the higher median home value ($170,000 vs $85,000 in Balaton).

Population, income & housing

	Balaton	Lynd
Population	544	570
Median age	46.7 yrs	26.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,091	$79,375
Median home value	$85,000	$170,000
Median gross rent	$1,081	$737
Housing units	279	193
Homeownership rate	76.2%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balaton	Lynd
Population	600 → 544 (-9.3%)	400 → 570 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $54,091 (+7.5%)	$56,563 → $79,375 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $85,000 (+17.2%)	$83,300 → $170,000 (+104.1%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $1,081 (+88.7%)	$779 → $737 (-5.4%)

Balaton

Population

600544

Median household income

$50,313$54,091

Median home value

$72,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$573$1,081

Lynd

Population

400570

Median household income

$56,563$79,375

Median home value

$83,300$170,000

Median gross rent

$779$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balaton	Lynd
Under 5	6.8%	13.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	30.9%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	18.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	4.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	5.1%
75 and over	11.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balaton	Lynd
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	59.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	38.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balaton	Lynd
No high school diploma	1.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balaton	Lynd
Drove alone	78.9%	81.5%
Carpooled	12.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balaton	Lynd
1-unit, detached	93.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Balaton	Lynd
Poverty rate	13.3%	32.9%
Average household size	2.06	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1950	1984