Pine Bend vs Roy Lake

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

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

Roy Lake has the higher population (57 vs 17 in Pine Bend). Roy Lake has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $36,250 in Pine Bend). Roy Lake has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $9,999 in Pine Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Bend	Roy Lake
Population	17	57
Median age	35.5 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$101,250
Median home value	$9,999	$266,700
Housing units	8	52
Homeownership rate	57.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Bend	Roy Lake
Population	56 → 17 (-69.6%)	23 → 57 (+147.8%)
Median household income	$34,250 → $36,250 (+5.8%)	$131,875 → $101,250 (-23.2%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$250,000 → $266,700 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$465 → $675 (+45.2%)	—

Pine Bend

Population

5617

Median household income

$34,250$36,250

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Median gross rent

$465$675

Roy Lake

Population

2357

Median household income

$131,875$101,250

Median home value

$250,000$266,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Bend	Roy Lake
Under 5	11.8%	14.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	23.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	19.3%
35 to 44	23.5%	5.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.3%
55 to 64	5.9%	26.3%
65 to 74	23.5%	3.5%
75 and over	0.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Bend	Roy Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	29.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	64.7%	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	5.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Bend	Roy Lake
No high school diploma	33.3%	28.9%
High school graduate	22.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Bend	Roy Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	20.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Bend	Roy Lake
1-unit, detached	50.0%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Pine Bend	Roy Lake
Poverty rate	11.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.43	3.56
Mean commute (minutes)	—	45
Median year structure built	1980	1971