Currie vs Lake Wilson

A side-by-side comparison of Currie and Lake Wilson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Currie has the higher population (242 vs 227 in Lake Wilson). Lake Wilson has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $46,250 in Currie). Lake Wilson has the higher median home value ($92,800 vs $71,500 in Currie).

Population, income & housing

	Currie	Lake Wilson
Population	242	227
Median age	56.5 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$59,375
Median home value	$71,500	$92,800
Median gross rent	$960	$750
Housing units	135	140
Homeownership rate	93.5%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Currie	Lake Wilson
Population	200 → 242 (+21.0%)	222 → 227 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $46,250 (+13.6%)	$50,000 → $59,375 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$52,200 → $71,500 (+37.0%)	$57,300 → $92,800 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $960 (+26.6%)	$631 → $750 (+18.9%)

Currie

Population

200242

Median household income

$40,714$46,250

Median home value

$52,200$71,500

Median gross rent

$758$960

Lake Wilson

Population

222227

Median household income

$50,000$59,375

Median home value

$57,300$92,800

Median gross rent

$631$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Currie	Lake Wilson
Under 5	6.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	7.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	21.6%
65 to 74	27.3%	18.1%
75 and over	11.6%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Currie	Lake Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Currie	Lake Wilson
No high school diploma	12.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	45.9%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Currie	Lake Wilson
Drove alone	78.5%	87.5%
Carpooled	15.1%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	4.5%
Other means	3.2%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Currie	Lake Wilson
1-unit, detached	94.8%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Currie	Lake Wilson
Poverty rate	18.2%	13.2%
Average household size	1.97	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1952	1954