Riverland vs Twin Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Riverland and Twin Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Riverland and Twin Lakes 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 231 in Twin Lakes). Twin Lakes has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $35,313 in Riverland). Since 2019, Twin Lakes's population has grown faster (-1.7% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Riverland	Twin Lakes
Population	273	231
Median age	19.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,313	$63,125
Median home value	—	$227,500
Median gross rent	$456	—
Housing units	82	204
Homeownership rate	2.7%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverland	Twin Lakes
Population	323 → 273 (-15.5%)	235 → 231 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$24,583 → $35,313 (+43.6%)	$57,222 → $63,125 (+10.3%)
Median home value	—	$192,500 → $227,500 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $456 (+9.1%)	—

Riverland

Population

323273

Median household income

$24,583$35,313

Median gross rent

$418$456

Twin Lakes

Population

235231

Median household income

$57,222$63,125

Median home value

$192,500$227,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverland	Twin Lakes
Under 5	12.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	35.9%	26.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	12.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	6.2%	3.0%
55 to 64	4.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	1.8%	14.3%
75 and over	0.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverland	Twin Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	16.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.1%	58.9%
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%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverland	Twin Lakes
No high school diploma	36.9%	14.3%
High school graduate	22.3%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverland	Twin Lakes
Drove alone	76.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	23.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.3%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverland	Twin Lakes
1-unit, detached	32.9%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	52.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Riverland	Twin Lakes
Poverty rate	46.2%	32.6%
Average household size	3.64	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	9	27
Median year structure built	2003	1982