Currie vs The Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Currie and The Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

The Lakes has the higher population (666 vs 242 in Currie). The Lakes has the higher median household income ($88,929 vs $46,250 in Currie). The Lakes has the higher median home value ($391,900 vs $71,500 in Currie).

Population, income & housing

	Currie	The Lakes
Population	242	666
Median age	56.5 yrs	63.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$88,929
Median home value	$71,500	$391,900
Median gross rent	$960	—
Housing units	135	780
Homeownership rate	93.5%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Currie	The Lakes
Population	200 → 242 (+21.0%)	631 → 666 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $46,250 (+13.6%)	$82,500 → $88,929 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$52,200 → $71,500 (+37.0%)	$331,000 → $391,900 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $960 (+26.6%)	—

Currie

Population

200242

Median household income

$40,714$46,250

Median home value

$52,200$71,500

Median gross rent

$758$960

The Lakes

Population

631666

Median household income

$82,500$88,929

Median home value

$331,000$391,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Currie	The Lakes
Under 5	6.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	8.3%
18 to 24	0.4%	2.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	2.1%
35 to 44	7.9%	5.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	25.7%
65 to 74	27.3%	28.7%
75 and over	11.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Currie	The Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Currie	The Lakes
No high school diploma	12.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	45.9%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Currie	The Lakes
Drove alone	78.5%	72.9%
Carpooled	15.1%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	15.3%
Other means	3.2%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Currie	The Lakes
1-unit, detached	94.8%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Currie	The Lakes
Poverty rate	18.2%	3.5%
Average household size	1.97	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1952	1984