Roy Lake vs Waubun

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

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

Waubun has the higher population (393 vs 57 in Roy Lake). Roy Lake has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $51,667 in Waubun). Roy Lake has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $75,000 in Waubun).

Population, income & housing

	Roy Lake	Waubun
Population	57	393
Median age	31.0 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$51,667
Median home value	$266,700	$75,000
Median gross rent	—	$670
Housing units	52	165
Homeownership rate	100.0%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roy Lake	Waubun
Population	23 → 57 (+147.8%)	433 → 393 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$131,875 → $101,250 (-23.2%)	$52,250 → $51,667 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$250,000 → $266,700 (+6.7%)	$70,500 → $75,000 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $670 (+9.3%)

Roy Lake

Population

2357

Median household income

$131,875$101,250

Median home value

$250,000$266,700

Waubun

Population

433393

Median household income

$52,250$51,667

Median home value

$70,500$75,000

Median gross rent

$613$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roy Lake	Waubun
Under 5	14.0%	10.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	19.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	5.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	5.3%	6.4%
55 to 64	26.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	3.5%	14.0%
75 and over	7.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roy Lake	Waubun
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	32.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	41.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	26.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roy Lake	Waubun
No high school diploma	28.9%	10.1%
High school graduate	39.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roy Lake	Waubun
Drove alone	66.7%	71.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	20.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roy Lake	Waubun
1-unit, detached	90.4%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Roy Lake	Waubun
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.4%
Average household size	3.56	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	45	14
Median year structure built	1971	1971