Fulda vs The Lakes

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

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

Fulda has the higher population (1,348 vs 666 in The Lakes). The Lakes has the higher median household income ($88,929 vs $68,056 in Fulda). The Lakes has the higher median home value ($391,900 vs $155,100 in Fulda).

Population, income & housing

	Fulda	The Lakes
Population	1,348	666
Median age	44.4 yrs	63.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,056	$88,929
Median home value	$155,100	$391,900
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	645	780
Homeownership rate	79.1%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulda	The Lakes
Population	1,366 → 1,348 (-1.3%)	631 → 666 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$49,712 → $68,056 (+36.9%)	$82,500 → $88,929 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $155,100 (+45.0%)	$331,000 → $391,900 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $775 (-7.0%)	—

Fulda

Population

1,3661,348

Median household income

$49,712$68,056

Median home value

$107,000$155,100

Median gross rent

$833$775

The Lakes

Population

631666

Median household income

$82,500$88,929

Median home value

$331,000$391,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulda	The Lakes
Under 5	5.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	8.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	2.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	2.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	25.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	28.7%
75 and over	13.5%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulda	The Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulda	The Lakes
No high school diploma	14.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	33.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulda	The Lakes
Drove alone	80.1%	72.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	15.3%
Other means	0.9%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulda	The Lakes
1-unit, detached	87.8%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Fulda	The Lakes
Poverty rate	7.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.15	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1964	1984