Round Lake vs Rushmore

A side-by-side comparison of Round Lake and Rushmore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Round Lake has the higher population (383 vs 351 in Rushmore). Round Lake has the higher median household income ($63,661 vs $39,205 in Rushmore). Rushmore has the higher median home value ($107,200 vs $87,800 in Round Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Round Lake	Rushmore
Population	383	351
Median age	44.9 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,661	$39,205
Median home value	$87,800	$107,200
Median gross rent	$593	$750
Housing units	211	170
Homeownership rate	74.0%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Round Lake	Rushmore
Population	380 → 383 (+0.8%)	354 → 351 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$45,682 → $63,661 (+39.4%)	$60,556 → $39,205 (-35.3%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $87,800 (+50.9%)	$77,200 → $107,200 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $593 (-5.1%)	$756 → $750 (-0.8%)

Round Lake

Population

380383

Median household income

$45,682$63,661

Median home value

$58,200$87,800

Median gross rent

$625$593

Rushmore

Population

354351

Median household income

$60,556$39,205

Median home value

$77,200$107,200

Median gross rent

$756$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Round Lake	Rushmore
Under 5	5.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	8.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	6.6%
55 to 64	22.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.3%
75 and over	6.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Round Lake	Rushmore
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	68.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	26.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Round Lake	Rushmore
No high school diploma	9.7%	23.5%
High school graduate	48.6%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Round Lake	Rushmore
Drove alone	68.3%	85.6%
Carpooled	18.7%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Round Lake	Rushmore
1-unit, detached	83.9%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Round Lake	Rushmore
Poverty rate	5.8%	18.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1954	1947