Slayton vs The Lakes

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

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

Slayton has the higher population (2,089 vs 666 in The Lakes). The Lakes has the higher median household income ($88,929 vs $65,724 in Slayton). The Lakes has the higher median home value ($391,900 vs $160,400 in Slayton).

Population, income & housing

	Slayton	The Lakes
Population	2,089	666
Median age	39.0 yrs	63.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,724	$88,929
Median home value	$160,400	$391,900
Median gross rent	$718	—
Housing units	1,047	780
Homeownership rate	69.7%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slayton	The Lakes
Population	2,002 → 2,089 (+4.3%)	631 → 666 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$49,474 → $65,724 (+32.8%)	$82,500 → $88,929 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$93,100 → $160,400 (+72.3%)	$331,000 → $391,900 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $718 (+47.1%)	—

Slayton

Population

2,0022,089

Median household income

$49,474$65,724

Median home value

$93,100$160,400

Median gross rent

$488$718

The Lakes

Population

631666

Median household income

$82,500$88,929

Median home value

$331,000$391,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Slayton	The Lakes
Under 5	4.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	8.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	2.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	2.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	5.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	25.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	28.7%
75 and over	12.3%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slayton	The Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slayton	The Lakes
No high school diploma	10.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	30.0%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slayton	The Lakes
Drove alone	71.0%	72.9%
Carpooled	16.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	15.3%
Other means	1.8%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slayton	The Lakes
1-unit, detached	79.0%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Slayton	The Lakes
Poverty rate	11.5%	3.5%
Average household size	2.22	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1966	1984