Riverland vs Roy Lake

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

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

Riverland has the higher population (273 vs 57 in Roy Lake). Roy Lake has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $35,313 in Riverland). Since 2019, Roy Lake's population has grown faster (+147.8% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Riverland	Roy Lake
Population	273	57
Median age	19.1 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,313	$101,250
Median home value	—	$266,700
Median gross rent	$456	—
Housing units	82	52
Homeownership rate	2.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverland	Roy Lake
Population	323 → 273 (-15.5%)	23 → 57 (+147.8%)
Median household income	$24,583 → $35,313 (+43.6%)	$131,875 → $101,250 (-23.2%)
Median home value	—	$250,000 → $266,700 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $456 (+9.1%)	—

Riverland

Population

323273

Median household income

$24,583$35,313

Median gross rent

$418$456

Roy Lake

Population

2357

Median household income

$131,875$101,250

Median home value

$250,000$266,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverland	Roy Lake
Under 5	12.8%	14.0%
5 to 17	35.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	13.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	19.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	6.2%	5.3%
55 to 64	4.4%	26.3%
65 to 74	1.8%	3.5%
75 and over	0.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverland	Roy Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.1%	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	22.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverland	Roy Lake
No high school diploma	36.9%	28.9%
High school graduate	22.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverland	Roy Lake
Drove alone	76.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	23.2%	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)

	Riverland	Roy Lake
1-unit, detached	32.9%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	52.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Riverland	Roy Lake
Poverty rate	46.2%	0.0%
Average household size	3.64	3.56
Mean commute (minutes)	9	45
Median year structure built	2003	1971