Battle Lake vs Parkers Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Battle Lake and Parkers Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parkers Prairie has the higher population (1,089 vs 794 in Battle Lake). Parkers Prairie has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $58,125 in Battle Lake). Battle Lake has the higher median home value ($221,000 vs $152,500 in Parkers Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Lake	Parkers Prairie
Population	794	1,089
Median age	55.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$58,750
Median home value	$221,000	$152,500
Median gross rent	$920	$736
Housing units	479	456
Homeownership rate	62.5%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Lake	Parkers Prairie
Population	670 → 794 (+18.5%)	1,086 → 1,089 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$40,667 → $58,125 (+42.9%)	$55,357 → $58,750 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$132,600 → $221,000 (+66.7%)	$102,500 → $152,500 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $920 (+29.9%)	$638 → $736 (+15.4%)

Battle Lake

Population

670794

Median household income

$40,667$58,125

Median home value

$132,600$221,000

Median gross rent

$708$920

Parkers Prairie

Population

1,0861,089

Median household income

$55,357$58,750

Median home value

$102,500$152,500

Median gross rent

$638$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Lake	Parkers Prairie
Under 5	2.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	16.1%	15.7%
75 and over	21.2%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Lake	Parkers Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Lake	Parkers Prairie
No high school diploma	4.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Lake	Parkers Prairie
Drove alone	88.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	0.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	6.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Lake	Parkers Prairie
1-unit, detached	72.2%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	10.5%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Battle Lake	Parkers Prairie
Poverty rate	5.3%	13.8%
Average household size	2.01	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1973	1966