Naytahwaush vs Roy Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Naytahwaush and Roy Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Naytahwaush has the higher population (443 vs 57 in Roy Lake). Roy Lake has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $33,750 in Naytahwaush). Roy Lake has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $79,000 in Naytahwaush).

Population, income & housing

	Naytahwaush	Roy Lake
Population	443	57
Median age	21.0 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$101,250
Median home value	$79,000	$266,700
Median gross rent	$458	—
Housing units	146	52
Homeownership rate	36.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	27.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naytahwaush	Roy Lake
Population	463 → 443 (-4.3%)	23 → 57 (+147.8%)
Median household income	$28,625 → $33,750 (+17.9%)	$131,875 → $101,250 (-23.2%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $79,000 (+22.9%)	$250,000 → $266,700 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$400 → $458 (+14.5%)	—

Naytahwaush

Population

463443

Median household income

$28,625$33,750

Median home value

$64,300$79,000

Median gross rent

$400$458

Roy Lake

Population

2357

Median household income

$131,875$101,250

Median home value

$250,000$266,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Naytahwaush	Roy Lake
Under 5	9.7%	14.0%
5 to 17	33.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	11.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	19.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	5.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	5.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	26.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	3.5%
75 and over	6.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naytahwaush	Roy Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	2.7%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	76.7%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naytahwaush	Roy Lake
No high school diploma	21.3%	28.9%
High school graduate	42.6%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naytahwaush	Roy Lake
Drove alone	72.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	20.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naytahwaush	Roy Lake
1-unit, detached	80.1%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Naytahwaush	Roy Lake
Poverty rate	40.4%	0.0%
Average household size	3.41	3.56
Mean commute (minutes)	16	45
Median year structure built	1983	1971